Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.
But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.
It's gonna be one of the great achievements of this administration.
No great achievement is possible without persistent work.
The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.
Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even if you do not strive much for progress in learning, if you can minimize the influence things have on you, you will soar into the realm of sages.
It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.
We seem to be riding on the top of the highest mast of the tallest ship; and yet at the same time we know that nothing of this sort matters; love is not proved thus, nor great achievements completed thus; so that we sport with the moment and preen our feathers in it lightly.
The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.
Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged? I understand now that discouragement often precedes achievement. Instead of retreating from the roadblock or seeking a way around it, I will boldly punch a hole through it and continue toward my goal.
Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century.
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