Achievers Quotes

Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent, while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent. ~ Anthony Robbins

Small people have small minds, and thus deride big dreamers.
Small people have small hearts, and thus disparage big chancers.
Small people have small souls, and thus disdain big achievers. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There are some people who call themselves great achievers and they are also desperate for the spotlight just to quench their bloated egos. ~ Euginia Herlihy

The Hollywood image of the movie business is all about ambition and high achievers like James Cameron. But the British film industry is much more about men who wear cravats and work with model trains and hope another series of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' will be commissioned. ~ Peter Capaldi

Those who belong to the clan of achievers live the idea that inspires them to dedicate their existence, efforts, and soul to its execution. ~ Prem Jagyasi

I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception. ~ Willie Aames

Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society. ~ William E. Simon

Champions are made and not born. Champion's feat are acquired and not inherited, earned and not transferred, attained and not deposited ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

You care, you dare and you share; this is the unforgettable rule of every true believer and achiever. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

His was the strong soul, gentle, but tempered with fire, fervent, heroic and good, the helper and friend of mankind. It is such as he who make progress possible. ~ Thomas W. Martin

With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this group of achievers. I compared what Id actually achieved in my life with what I would like to achieve and what other people have achieved, and I found that comparison depressing. ~ Jared Diamond

The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.
Yet still, they began their journeys. ~ Mike Dooley

The first thing that sometimes keeps next generation leaders from playing to their strengths is that the idea of being a balanced or well-rounded leader looks good on paper and sounds compelling coming from behind a lectern, but in reality, it is an unworthy endeavor. Read the biographies of the achievers in any arena of life. You will find over and over that these were not "well-rounded" leaders. They were men and women of focus. ~ Andy Stanley

May you climb higher heights. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The real achievers are not hungry to achieve their desires just to boost their own egos. They know their duty is to leave the traceable footprints for the world to benefit. ~ Euginia Herlihy

Passion drives perfection. The highest achievers in any field are those who do it because of passion, not duty or profit. ~ Rick Warren

You are born and you will die ... but BEING ALIVE is your choice. ~ Mayank Sharma

You can't work hard if you always think that high achievers possess magical powers ~ Respicius Rwehumbiza

The key differentiator, then, between happy high achievers and the rest is that happy high achievers are extremely vigilant about only allowing relationships into their lives that add to their energy. This includes their marriages as well as their relationships with their families, companies, boards of directors, key staff, and important clients. They make it a point to only allow relationships that are net additive. If a relationship isn't net additive, it's no longer one of their primary relationships. It gets shifted or it is gone. ~ Lex Sisney

Progress and motion are not synonymous. ~ Tim Fargo

Achievers move forward at all times. Achievement is not a plateau, it's a beginning. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea. ~ Hank Haney

I like people who are achievers. ~ Donald Sterling

Watch out for these two kind of fears: the fear of God that gives courage and wisdom to overcome the fears in the world and to accomplish your God given mission distinctively, and the fear of the world that gives you excuses and hinders you from fulfilling your God given vision. No matter what, you shall give an account of your stewardship to God Almighty. There is no day like a day to do something in the day, for each day, you get closer to the journey's end! Feel the urgency to do something as long as you meet a new day! Have a true passion for living to accomplish your true mission! Step out each day like a wounded lion; noble, but not timid; meek, but not weak; courageous, but not proud; wise, but with understanding, and be determined to overcome all obstacles with an unstoppable mindset and wisdom, knowing that God is waiting for you at your journey's end to print the statement of how you took the journey to you. ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

One word: power.
The more politicians can control your access to your own wealth and earnings, the more powerful they are. The more politicians can affect businesses and important business decisions with tax policy, the more powerful they are. The more they can adversely affect the financial picture of one segment of our economy for the benefit of another, the more powerful they are. The more politicians can pander to the petty fears and jealousies of people by punishing high achievers for their efforts, the more powerful they are. ~ Neal Boortz

I haven't met too many people that don't intend to have a fulfilling life. High-achievers, however, end up allocating their resources in a way that seriously undermines their intended strategy. ~ Clayton Christensen

Success is not a distant dream,it is a reality for those who sweat to achieve it,enjoy sleepless nights, take calculative steps through the day,and with self introspection keeps it humble with a smile.Then success gets loud with the achiever's mouth shut,while the world celebrates one's victory. ~ Henrietta Newton Martin

Eventually economic growth reaches the point at which the accumulation of wealth in the families of achievers becomes so significant that the hatred and envy of success become stronger than the desire for continued economic growth, and a period dominated by resentment begins. ~ Robert Sheaffer

These groups were: running enthusiasts, lifestyle managers, personal goal achievers, personal accomplishers, and competitive achievers. ~ Steve Magness

If you've ever done anything extraordinary in your life, always remember, no amount of ridicule can ever rob you of your achievements. ~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and gimmicks. What they need from us is common sense, dedication, and bright, energetic teachers who believe that all children are achievers and who take personally the failure of any one child. ~ Marva Collins

Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory. ~ Denis Waitley

Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Failure is not fatal nor that you are finished but the result of unfinished product waiting to be reproduced, reprocessed and polished. Failure is that you have learned your omissions, mistakes or what you did not do right or well at the last attempt. You can transform failure into a fortune by dealing with what went wrong. Failure is only a product of uncorrected mistakes. ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

Keep trying, your success is certain. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Dreams are for the dreamers. Goals are for achievers. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority. ~ Gary Keller

Strong personality traits can sometimes give you a huge competitive advantage over other people - they can help you achieve things others don't. However, the trick is moderating these personality traits so that they don't dominate your nature. For example, being extremely persistent - which anxious, high achievers often are - can have a huge upside. However, if you're very persistent but can't moderate it, it can be difficult to take a break in situations in which you need one. You might find it hard to step away when you're stuck on a task and not getting anywhere or when you're involved in an argument that's going nowhere and only getting more heated. The more extreme a trait is, the more likely it is to be a double-edged sword - sometimes useful and sometimes not. ~ Alice Boyes

High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances. ~ John Eliot

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired superior job skills and decision-making capabilities and who, through the application of those, a job. ~ Neal Boortz

Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless. ~ Robert Kiyosaki

Gold is found in the deep rough soil, so go for gold ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

In life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with your problems. If the possibility of failure were erased, what would you attempt to achieve?

The essence of man is imperfection. Know that you're going to make mistakes. The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does. Wake up and realize this: Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success.

Achievers are given multiple reasons to believe they are failures. But in spite of that, they persevere. The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.

When achievers fail, they see it as a momentary event, not a lifelong epidemic.

Procrastination is too high a price to pay for fear of failure. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway. Forget motivation. Just do it. Act your way into feeling, not wait for positive emotions to carry you forward.

Recognize that you will spend much of your life making mistakes. If you can take action and keep making mistakes, you gain experience.

Life is playing a poor hand well. The greatest battle you wage against failure occurs on the inside, not the outside.

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

Handicaps can only disable us if we let them. If you are continually experiencing trouble or facing obstacles, then ~ John C. Maxwell

Balance both sides of the equation to attain equilateral-balance your life ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

The ground with more sweats dropped on it would yield more fruit. (Achievers Are Dreamers)

Let us farm when it is clear and let us study when it rains. (Park Chung-hee) ~ Kim Bum-il

The average person lets their emotions dictate their actions, while achievers let their commitments dictate their actions. ~ Hal Elrod

Achievers are not scared to make mistakes or to fail because they are willing to learn from them. They are determined to start all over again and again until they grasp the concept. ~ Euginia Herlihy

In a variation on James's recipe for interesting experience
the familiar leavened by the novel
Hobbs's "art of choosing difficulties" requires selecting projects that are "just manageable." If an activity is too easy, you lose focus and get bored. If it's too hard, you become anxious, overwhelmed, and unable to concentrate. Tellingly, one group is distinguished by its zeal for the kind of work that requires you to give it all you've got: high achievers particularly relish taking on risky projects that have only a 50/50 chance of success. ~ Winifred Gallagher

She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities. ~ Sheryl Sandberg

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman. ~ Peggy Fleming

I recommend that you focus on both substance and process of your goals. I believe that both are equally important: by setting a high-quality SMART goal you will enable yourself to be conscious and your actions will carry more meaning; meanwhile, it is the execution of the SMART goals strategy that separates achievers from the rest of the people. ~ Anna Stevens

People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers. ~ Rick Pitino

Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one percent income earners paid 18 percent of the total tax burden in 1981, and paid 25 percent in 1991. The bottom 50 percent of income earners paid only 8 percent of the total tax burden, and paid only 5 percent in 1991. History shows that tax cuts have always resulted in improved economic growth producing more tax revenue in the treasury. ~ Rush Limbaugh

You can create sense out of nonsense, something out of nothing. You can create wealth out of dearth, viable ventures out of turbulent adventures. You can create mercies out of miseries. You can create tomorrow's peace out of today's crisis. ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

The great souls work with great passion. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity. ~ Robin Sharma

Not only in the creative world but also in the sports world. The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger. ~ Rei Kawakubo

Newton's First Law, also known as the Law of Inertia: Objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted on by an outside force. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, unless something stops their momentum. Put another way, couch potatoes tend to stay couch potatoes. Achievers - people who get into a successful rhythm - continue busting their butts and end up achieving more and more. ~ Darren Hardy

Action separates the heroes from the cowards, the achievers from the complainers, the successful from the mere dreamers, the happy from the envious; it separates those who rise to the challenge of their goals from the haters who cower in the shadow of stagnancy. ~ Steve Maraboli

Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric. ~ Michael Eisner

Pressure will squeeze whining out of losers and winning out of achievers. ~ Orrin Woodward

A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not always the usual suspects either, the high achievers. ~ Matt De La Pena

flashing ur light in sunshine fails bcos ur light is needed elsewhere darker ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. ~ Robert H. Schuller

Shutting the door, I look around and see clusters of groups all over the parking lot. Every school is different. You generally have your skaters, preps, jocks with cheerleaders of course, nerds and over achievers. I also see a heard of rednecks, it's Georgia after all. ~ Heather Gunter

The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and job creators. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Those who care how they look care how they live and they will be the achievers. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Whether you like it or not, you are branding yourself. The concern is whether the brand is a positive one or not. It is therefore expected of every aspiring achiever who wants to make an indelible impact to first of all create and maintain a good brand. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results. ~ Charles Garfield

When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ~ George S. Patton

There is no medal for the best beggar of the world. Nobody celebrates beggars. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

People who achieve big things are those who decide to try ideas that were previously rated and graded as impossibilities. "Impossibility" never exists! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The solution to the nation's problems, depends on the true American achievers. It's people like you, playing by the rules and celebrating and continuing to remind people of the traditions and institutions that made this country great, who can re-create a society that is great once more. It's only by doing the right thing that this country is going to fix itself and survive. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Are schools rewarding the right people as the highest achievers? If the goal is hard-working, productive, adaptable adults, then U.S. high schools are recognizing precisely the correct group. ~ Karen Arnold

Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable. ~ The Edge

The secret for mastery is concentration; the success of concentration is in elimination. Avoid everything in general and focus one thing in particular. You will be a master! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

Achievers are those who have redefined impossible, changing what can't be done into a work in progress. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life. ~ Shannon L. Alder

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge of flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low achievers, studying produced flow only 16 percent of the time; more often that not, it yielded anxiety, with the demands outreaching their abilities ... The low achievers found pleasure and flow in socializing, not in studying. ~ Daniel Goleman

In order to succeed, one must develop the capability of sustained focus. One of the key distinctions that separate achievers from the 'non-achievers,' is that the non-achievers stop when things get hard, when they get bored, or when results aren't forthcoming; whereas the achievers stay the course until they reach the finish line no matter how hard it is. ~ Derek Rydall

Man is a measure of his mind. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Dont use relationship for ur own selfishness ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

he willingness to work-hard and indomitable willpower are vital for any accomplishment. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence. ~ Denis Waitley

Every time someone starts a project he is considered nuts, until he beats all the odds and laughs the last. ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an interest in glory or perfection as a sign of mental unhealthiness, and have decided that high achievers, who are called overachievers, owe their surplus ambition to a defect in mothering (either too little or too much). We want to admire but think we have a right not to be intimidated. We dislike feeling inferior to an ideal. So away with ideals, with essences. The only ideals allowed are healthy ones
those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing. ~ Susan Sontag

Every great achiever nurtures a positive mindset. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

All of the great achievers of the past have been visionary figures; they were men and women who projected into the future. They thought of what could be, rather than what already was, and then they moved themselves into action, to bring these things into fruition. ~ Bob Proctor

A great advantage of a large corporation is supposed to be the large pool of talent in which its leaders can find and groom high achievers and successors. ~ Margaret Heffernan

You won't acquire external Haters until you've conquered the internal Hater. ~ Orrin Woodward

Achievers are Believers in Commitments and Dreams. But, the great achievers believe in their own and others' good CHARACTER too. ~ Anuj

Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve. ~ Denis Waitley

Put into actions what you dream of achieving. It'll amaze you to discover that you can do more than you ever dream of. Just give it a try! Never be idle, take actions now! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

Setbacks are common enemies of both achievers and people whose dream cut short. The difference is that the former persist against continual setbacks while the latter quit. ~ Assegid Habtewold

You'd be hard pressed to find elite achievers who don't have coaches helping them in key areas of their life. ~ Gary W. Keller

High achievers don't like mediocre people, mediocre people don't like high achievers. ~ Nick Saban

After a few months of talking with people and observing them, I realized that the traits of the successful fitness enthusiasts had everything in common with those of the high achievers I had spent years studying in business. ~ Chalene Johnson

Positive goals lead to positive actions for purposeful life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Criticism often hides incompetence & increases vanity. Therefore critics are always more vain that the achievers they criticize. ~ Steve Cioccolanti