Achievement Quotes

The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.

(Alfred Adler) 

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to higher achievement. 

(Albert Camus) 

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than external adjustment.

(Adam Clayton Powell)

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. 

(Alfred North Whitehead) 

The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if : 

(1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving.

(2) You're willing to take massive action.

(3) You notice what's working or not.

(4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way. 

(Anthony Robbins) 

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! 

(Andrew Carnegie) 

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not be the desire to beat others. 

(Ayn Rand) 

She looked at the crowd and she felt simultaneously astonishment that they should stare at her when this event was so personally her own that no communication about it was possible and a sense of fitness that they should be here that they should want to see it. Because the sight of an achievement was the greatest gift a human being could offer to others. 

(Ayn Rand)

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

(Aristotle) 

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty. 

(Barbara Walters) 

There is no short cut to a place worth going. 

(Beverly Sills) 

This became a credo of mine… attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

(Bette Davis) 

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. 

(Benjamin Jowett) 

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. 

(Benjamin Franklin) 

Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish. 

(Brian Tracy) 

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. 
(Bruce Barton)

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction. 

(Brian Tracy) 

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients. 

Choose a career you love.

Give it the best there is in you.

Seize your opportunities.

Be a member of the team. 

In no country but America, I believe, it is possible to fulfil all four of these requirements. 

(Benjamin E Fairless) 

The man who does things makes many mistakes. But he never makes the biggest mistake of all doing nothing. 

(Benjamin Franklin) 

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. 

(Carl Jung) 

Failures are finger-posts on the road to achievement. 

(Charles E Kettering) 

All successful employers are stalking people who will do the unusual and people who think and people who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.

(Charles M. Schwab) 

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

(Charles de Gaulle) 

Achievement seems to be connected with action.

Successful men and women keep moving.

They make mistakes. But they don't quit.
(Conrad Hilton)