Archive for the 'Achievement Quotes' Category

09 Oct

“A man who does not…” Confucius

“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.” Confucius
Popularity: 42% [?]

Popularity: 42% [?]

21 Apr

“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee…” Mary Kay Ash

“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble been doesn’t know it and goes on flying anyway.” Mary Kay Ash
Popularity: 59% [?]

Popularity: 59% [?]

19 Jun

“All those who have…” Orison Swett Marden

“All those who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” Orison Swett Marden
Popularity: 89% [?]

Popularity: 89% [?]

21 Jul

“As an adolescent I aspired…” M. Cartmill

“As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.” M. Cartmill
Popularity: 55% [?]

Popularity: 55% [?]

21 Nov

“As long as you are…” Donald Trump

“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.” Donald Trump
Popularity: 91% [?]

Popularity: 91% [?]

29 Jun

“Champions aren’t made in…” Muhammad Ali

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” Muhammad [...]

Popularity: 86% [?]

15 Jul

“Courage is resistance to…” Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 79% [?]

Popularity: 79% [?]

08 Oct

“Don’t let life discourage…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to start where he was.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Popularity: 57% [?]

Popularity: 57% [?]

02 Jun

“Don’t let life discourage…” Lao-Tzu

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to start where he was.” Lao-Tzu
Popularity: 100% [?]

Popularity: 100% [?]

21 Nov

“Education is what survives when…” B. F. Skinner

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” B. F. Skinner
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

29 Jun

“Even if you are…” Will Rogers

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
Popularity: 81% [?]

Popularity: 81% [?]

21 Jul

“Even if you’re on the…” Will Rogers

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
Popularity: 76% [?]

Popularity: 76% [?]

10 Jul

“Everything is either an…” Wayne Dyer

“Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 83% [?]

Popularity: 83% [?]

26 Sep

“Everything you can imagine…” Pablo Picasso

“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso
Popularity: 53% [?]

Popularity: 53% [?]

08 Oct

“Failure is the only…” Henry Ford

“Failure is the only opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” Henry Ford
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

18 Oct

“God didn’t call us to be…” Mother Teresa

“God didn’t call us to be successful, just faithful.” Mother Teresa
Popularity: 55% [?]

Popularity: 55% [?]

21 Nov

“He who asks is a…” Chinese Proverb

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb
Popularity: 79% [?]

Popularity: 79% [?]

18 Oct

“Health is something we do…” Elliott Dacher

“Health is something we do for ourselves, not something that is done to us; a journey rather than a destination; a dynamic, holistic, and purposeful way of living.” Elliott Dacher
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

26 Sep

“I don’t know the key…” Bill Cosby

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby
Popularity: 31% [?]

Popularity: 31% [?]

08 Oct

“I may not have gone…” Douglas Adams

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Popularity: 38% [?]

Popularity: 38% [?]

25 Jul

“I not only use…” Woodrow Wilson

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson
Popularity: 70% [?]

Popularity: 70% [?]

02 Oct

“I’m an idealist…” Carl Sandburg

“I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” Carl Sandburg
Popularity: 49% [?]

Popularity: 49% [?]

21 May

“If they can make…” Muhammad Ali

“If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.” Muhammad Ali
Popularity: 97% [?]

Popularity: 97% [?]

21 Oct

“If you don’t have a dream…” Oscar Hammerstein

“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” Oscar Hammerstein
Popularity: 96% [?]

Popularity: 96% [?]

08 Oct

“If you want to know…” Dorothy Parker

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” Dorothy Parker
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

10 Jul

“Imagination is more important…” Albert Einstein

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein
Popularity: 79% [?]

Popularity: 79% [?]

19 Jun

“It’s always too early…” Norman Vincent Peale

“It’s always too early to quit.” Norman Vincent Peale
Popularity: 88% [?]

Popularity: 88% [?]

02 Jun

“It’s kind of fun…” Walt Disney

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” Walt Disney
Popularity: 78% [?]

Popularity: 78% [?]

09 Oct

“Man can climb…” Bernard Shaw

“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.”   Bernard Shaw
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

12 Nov

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than…” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear
Popularity: 64% [?]

Popularity: 64% [?]

26 Oct

“Men who never get carried…” Malcolm Forbes

“Men who never get carried away should be.” Malcolm Forbes
Popularity: 88% [?]

Popularity: 88% [?]

26 Sep

“Never doubt that a small…” Margaret Mead

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
Popularity: 51% [?]

Popularity: 51% [?]

18 Nov

“No one who cannot rejoice…” Donald Foster

“No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” Donald Foster
Popularity: 63% [?]

Popularity: 63% [?]

08 Oct

“Nothing is so fatiguing…” William James

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” William James
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

17 May

“People of mediocre ability…” George Allen

“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to.” George Allen
Popularity: 52% [?]

Popularity: 52% [?]

18 Nov

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting…” Carl Sagan

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 71% [?]

Popularity: 71% [?]

26 Oct

“The best ideas come as…” David M. Ogilvy

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” David M. Ogilvy
Popularity: 84% [?]

Popularity: 84% [?]

26 Sep

“The best way to predict…” Alan Kay

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay
Popularity: 45% [?]

Popularity: 45% [?]

19 Jun

“The future belongs to…” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

10 Jul

“The future depends on…” Mahatma Gandhi

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 82% [?]

Popularity: 82% [?]

08 Oct

“The more I want to…” Richard Bach

“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” Richard Bach
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

13 Oct

“The whole world steps aside…” Anonymous

“The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” Anonymous
Popularity: 40% [?]

Popularity: 40% [?]

24 Apr

“There are many ways…” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
Popularity: 50% [?]

Popularity: 50% [?]

13 Oct

“There are no passengers on…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

10 Jul

“There is a boundary…” Edmund Burke

“There is a boundary to people’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 67% [?]

Popularity: 67% [?]

29 Jul

“Those who dream by day…” Edgar Allan Poe

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” Edgar Allan Poe, in “Eleonora”
Popularity: 57% [?]

Popularity: 57% [?]

21 Jul

“Try to learn something…” Thomas H. Huxley

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” Thomas H. Huxley
Popularity: 69% [?]

Popularity: 69% [?]

19 May

“Use what talent you…” Henry Van Dyke

“Use what talent you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke
Popularity: 74% [?]

Popularity: 74% [?]

17 May

“We are what we…” Buddha

“We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” Buddha
Popularity: 52% [?]

Popularity: 52% [?]

10 Jul

“We become what we…” Wayne Dyer

“We become what we think about all day long. The question is, what do you think about?” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 70% [?]

Popularity: 70% [?]