Achievement Quotes

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." - Paulo Coelho

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty... and I have never in my life envied a human who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible." - Albert Einstein

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman

"Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't." - Michelle Obama

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget to run the errand." - Woodrow Wilson

"The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited." - Neil Armstrong

"Never mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden

"Let freedom reign. The sun never sets on so glorious a human achievement." - Nelson Mandela

"Opportunities don't happen, you create them." - Chris Grosser

"The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them." - Liza M. Wiemer

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust to the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald

"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." - Lance Armstrong

"I failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan

"Extremely successful people know that their efforts must continue in order for them to realize new achievements. Once the hunt for a desired object or goal is abandoned, the cycle of success comes to an end." - Grant Cardone

"Some people are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." - William Shakespeare

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." - Napoleon Hill