Quotes about Achievement
The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.
- William Hazlitt
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means
- William Hazlitt
No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
- William Hazlitt
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
- William James
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
- William James
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
- William James
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
- William James
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you!!
- William James
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
- William Law
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley
It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.
- St. Basil
I expect the best and with God's help will attain the best.
- Norman Vincent Peale