Quotes on Inspirational Achievement

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Well done is better than well said.