Achievement Quotes

"He who can listen to the music in the midst of noise can achieve great things."

Vikram Sarabhai

"Never was anything great achieved without danger."

“I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.”

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

Samuel Johnson

"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience."

Jean de La Bruyère

"Every noble work is at first impossible."

Thomas Carlyle

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

Vincent van Gogh

“Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.”

“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”

“All great achievements require time.”

“Tell me if anything was ever done.”

“Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.”

“Never mistake activity for achievement.”

“Without failure there is no achievement.”

“While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.”

“Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.”

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

“In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.”

“We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.”

“We have cleared the forests, reclaimed the land, and are building cities, railroads, and great institutions.”