Quotes about Achievement

My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.

By contrast, Blanche K. Bruce was the real deal. Born into slavery in Virginia, Bruce was freed by his master and studied at Oberlin College before becoming a successful farmer and landowner. He is the only former slave to have served in the U.S. Senate.

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

1.?What does the hero want? 2.?Who or what is opposing the hero getting what she wants? 3.?What will the hero's life look like if she does (or does not) get what she wants?

I worried this course was going to be a waste of time. I was wrong. I made more progress in six hours than I've made in ten years.

Once an ambition has been decided, a positive turn is an event that moves the protagonist closer to the ambition, and a negative turn moves the protagonist away from his ambition.

A story starts with a hero who wants something. And then the question becomes: Will the hero get what she wants?

After you have listed the top five excuses, craft a sentence or two that overcomes each objection.

How do we succeed in life and business? We prove ourselves worthy investments.

Nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy.

Nothing is easy. But who wants nothing?