Achievement Sayings

Watch the athlete who runs a quick mile. His achievement inspires him to beat his own record. As he improves, he sets loftier targets for himself. Such is the "vicious" circle of achievement. But what happens if he were to fail? Does he give up and go back? Failure causes disappointment, but with the right attitude, we can turn failures into stepping stones to success. Find your inspiration in these achievement sayings. These achievement sayings teach you how to find a silver lining in every grey cloud.

Charles Fillmore
Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do. He puts away all doubt. It makes no difference how small or how large the thing you want to do may be; if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it, you will do

Mao Tse-tung
In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

Harold Taylor
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

Jack Nicklaus, My Story
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation.

C. S. Lewis
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Paul Tillich
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

Frederic Chopin
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

John Hope
Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.