Inspirational Achievers Quotes & Sayings

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

May you climb higher heights. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There were no chambers now along the passageway and consequently no lights. There was a glow up ahead, however - fitful and cold, but bright enough to illuminate both the ground she stumbled over, which was bare earth, and the silvery frost on the walls. — Clive Barker

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. — Larry Ellison

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

Everyone wants to be part of the 99%, even the cops are like, "No, no, man. I'm part of the 99% too." No one wants to be part of the 1%. — Eric Drooker

Be confident, be bold! These are your life greatest strength for success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We become our decisions over time. We choose to love, or we can choose to hate. We can choose to forgive, or we can choose to take revenge; to have hope, or we can choose to fall into despair. But, regardless, we become our choices we make over time. p. 318 — David LeRoy

They found each other's hands in the dark, and an angel with chipped marble wings watched over them as they slept. — Mindy McGinnis

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

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

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

When I wrote Lean In, some people argued that I did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when they don't have a partner. They were right. I didn't get it. I didn't get how hard it is to succeed at work when you are overwhelmed at home. I wrote a chapter titled "Make Your Partner a Real Partner" about the importance of couples splitting child care and housework 50/50. Now I see how insensitive and unhelpful this was to so many single moms who live with 100/0. My understanding and expectation of what a family looks like has shifted closer to reality. Since the early 1970s, the number of single mothers in the United States has nearly doubled. Today almost 30 percent of families with children are headed by a single parent - 84 percent of whom are women. I — Sheryl Sandberg

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

She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences. — Paulo Coelho