Quotes about Achievement

Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do'...He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for busy hands too.' The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it. What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two? No mischief?

In London, he had expected neither to walk on pavements of gold, nor to lie on beds of roses; if he had had any such exalted expectation, he would not have prospered. He had expected labour, and he found it, and did it and made the best of it. In this, his prosperity consisted.

It only shows how true the old saying is, that a man never knows what he can do till he tries, gentlemen. From "Pickwick Papers" ch. 49 page 646

Nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task…

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

Truly barren is a secular education. It is always in labor, but never gives birth.

Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 869

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. 1277

Don't work for recognition but do work worthy of recognition.

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.