Explore Quotes on Achievement

We have come to world leadership because our people have had the opportunity to develop this nation under a government and a Constitution that gave them political freedom and encouraged initiative, enterprise, responsibility, industry and thrift. Freedom and achievement are not unrelated. This nation has become one of history's finest illustrations of how a people can enrich life and raise their whole level of economic well-being when they are given justice, liberty and incentive.

Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men.

Economic freedom is ... an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom.

Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.

I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

So, I think I would say, enjoy the process of learning to dance. The process of our profession, and not its final achievement, is the heart and soul of dance.

Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths.

If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.