Personal Achievement Quotes

• I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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• Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.

  Brian Tracy

  Achievement, Excellence, Ongoing

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  The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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• All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual.

  W. Clement Stone

  Achievement, Mind, Individual

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• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 09, 2014

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• Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill (Chapter 2: You Can Change Your World), 1960.

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  Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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• Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Birthday, Self, Achievement

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• High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

  Charles Kettering

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teacher

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• That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to make it happen.

  Cassey Ho

  Fitness, Want, Way

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• I'm always doing things I can't do. That's how I get to do them.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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• Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Success, Congratulations, Thinking

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• If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

  Katharine Anthony

  Thinking, People, Achievement

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• If you can dream it, you can make it so.

  Belva Davis

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

  Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, Country, Golf

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• I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Tattoo

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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