2,199 Quotes About Achievement

In order to attain extraordinary greatness, first you need to be drowned in the deepest fathoms of helplessness, misery and heartache.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Why settle for what is provided instead of being motivated to achieve what you want. Complacency is your contentment.

To achieve greatness you must think of great things.

We have potential. Who needs medals? I'd rather have potential than medals any day.

We need to apply the rules of 10,000 hours in order to achieve the level of a skill commensurate with the status of a world-class expert

You must learn to see everything around yourself as your resources, your opportunities and turn them into your weapons so that everything works in your favor and helps to achieve your goal

With sense of achievement comes satisfaction… and with satisfaction comes contentment. Contentment is ultimate goal of life.

The focus is on tearing out dysfunction and blight, instead of finding existing strengths and building on what people value and what is working well.