Achievement Quotes

They have a sign at the beach, “no glass bottles”. I think that’s so the other sand particles don’t feel like underachievers.

Religious faith obscures uncertainty where uncertainty exists, allowing the unknown, the implausible, and the false to achieve primacy over the facts.

What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.

The better you become the better you achieve. 

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.