70 Achievement Quotes and Sayings
Achievements are a result of hard work, determination and constant efforts with positive attitude. Here are the best achievement quotes to inspire you to achieve your goals and dreams.
Achievement Quotes
- “Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” – Nicholas M. Butler
- “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
- “All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” – Orison Swett Marden
- “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
- Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement.” – Menachem Mendel Schneerson
- “As I grew older, I thought about the things that I have achieved. To my surprise, I haven’t accomplished a lot.” – Michael Lee
- “Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.” – Paulo Coelho
- “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
- “One cannot grow without pain. One cannot improve without it. Suffering drives us to achieve great things.” – Joe Abercrombie
- “What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.” – Benjamin Franklin Fairless
Quotes about Achievement
- “Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it’s the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off.” – Roger Deakins
- “Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle
- “I profoundly believe that there is always more than one ‘right way’ to achieve great results.” – Robyn Pearce
- “Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don’t let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail.” – George Alexiou
- “Every end becomes a means of carrying activity further as soon as it is achieved.” – John Dewey
- “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.” – Denis Waitley
- “Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don’t feel they’re good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven’t yet put the work in to develop them.” – Ken Robinson
- “The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible.” – Mary Maker Eddy
Achievement Short Quotes
- “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
- “All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
- “The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.” – Colin Powell
- “In order to achieve anything, we must have an understanding of its opposite.” – Rudy Scarfalloto
- “Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of your end result.” – Kevin Michel
- “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
- “As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.” – Joseph Conrad
- “Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.” – Vera Nazarian
- “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The roughest roads often lead to the top.” – Christina Aguilera
Inspirational Achievement Quotes
- “Every single time that something goes well for you, even the tiniest little achievement, be pleased with yourself.” – Rebecca Turner
- “Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Men make opportunity. Every great industrial achievement has been the result of individual effort” – the practical development of a dream in the mind of an individual.” – Charles M. Schwab
- “Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “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.” – Bo Bennett
- “To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
- “No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “With the right balance of vacation and work, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that the human spirit cannot achieve.” – Sage Wilcox
- “You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.” – Claude M. Bristol
- “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein
Achieving Goals Quotes
- “The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement.” – Charles J. Givens
- “To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.” – Kevin Michel
- “You can’t hit a target unless you are aiming for it, and you can’t achieve a goal without having it.” – Shawn Doyle
- “Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.” – Paul J. Meyer
- “Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.” – Winston Churchill
- “The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.” – Harold Taylor
- “The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.” – Bo Bennett
- “Putting ideas, goals, and daily objectives down on paper helps immensely in our ability to achieve them and remain focused.” – Justin Byers
- “With your entire focus on your goal, you will reach levels of achievement that you never thought possible.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “The important thing is to find your true source of inspiration and to remain focused in the achievement of your goals.” – Sara Wellington
Best Achievement Quotes
- “The most direct path to achievement whether you’re an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.” – Maynard Webb
- “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir
- “Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn’t all have to be by tomorrow!” – William Eardley IV
- “Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.” – Shannon A. Thompson
- “You are the greatest achievement of your own life.” – Sarah Rees Brennan
- “Let today be the day that you become committed in being, in doing, in getting, achieving, in experiencing. Let today be the day that you are committed to being the change you wish to see and living the life you wish to live.” – Steve Maraboli
- “To be successful, one has to be one of three bees” – the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in.” – Suzy Kassem
- “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
- “I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.” – Michael Jordan
- “Achievement, in the long run, is that which serves the betterment of those around us through sharing, giving, encouragement and compassion.” – Byron R. Pulsifer
Achievement Quotes
- “In an ideal world, nobody’s work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.” – Barry Schwartz
- “If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don’t let them interrupt or alter your song.” – Suzy Kassem
- “People have a tremendous capacity for outstanding achievement. There are also many extraordinary capacities that allow them to become high achievers.” – Steve Brunkhorst
- “Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.” – Willa Cather
- “A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.” – Kurt Lewin
- “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” – Anthony Joshua
- “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” – Vince Lombardi
- “And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho
- “Developing a desire to learn is the kindling point of all classroom achievement.” – Robert John Meehan
- “I can make it a day long to be remembered for its joy, its beauty and its achievements, or it can be filled with pettiness.” – Anonymous
