Inspirational Achievement Quotes - Page 2

• 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.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Character

  "Awaken The Giant Within". Book by Tony Robbins, 1991.

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• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

  Conrad Hilton

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• 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.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Happiness, Loyalty

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.146, Penguin

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• Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.

  Napoleon Hill

  Fire, Achievement, Desire

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• The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Positive Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Success, Confidence, Men

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• 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.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Achievement, Faithful, Promise

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Begin with the end in mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life”, Franklincovey

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• Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

  William James

  Basketball, Dream, Perseverance

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

  David Lloyd George

  Graduation, Commitment, Two

  "Design for Power : The Struggle for the World". Book by Frederick Lewis Schuman, 1941.

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Always begin with the end in mind.

  Ellen Muth

  Goal, Mind, Personal Vision

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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