One sound idea is all that one needs to achieve success.
No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
No great achievement is possible without persistent work.
Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.
Life is not the means for the achievement of an esthetic ideal of perfection; on the contrary, the work is an ethical symbol of life.
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
It’s easier to donate a few thousands to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement.
It is a sore thing to have laboured along and scaled the arduous hilltops, and when all is done, find humanity indifferent to your achievement.
If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them – everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up, figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work.
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
