Achievement Quotes

"There’s nothing better than being head cheerleader, let me tell you."

- Toni Basil

"The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

- Confucius

"There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything."

- George Washington Carver

"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."

- George Washington Carver

"There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything."

- George Washington Carver

"The scientific discoveries and experiments of Dr. Carver have done more to alleviate the one-crop agricultural system in the South than any other thing that has been done in the history of the United States."

- Harry S. Truman

"[He] achieved a place as one of the foremost scientists of all the world for all time."

- Bennett Champ Clark

"An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history—he is one who can accomplish things."

- Henry Ford

"Freedom is never granted; it is won."

- A. Philip Randolph

"To do great work is to your work"

- Steve Jobs

"“We have met the enemy and they are ours…”"

- Oliver Hazard Perry

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."

- Barack Obama

"The only thing that feels better than winning is winning when nobody thought you could."

- Hank Aaron

"I can't believe I made it this far, my whole life, I've been working so hard."

- Rod Wave

"Straight from the bottom, now we way, way up."

- Rod Wave

"Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring."

- Steve Prefontaine

"You build a thousand castles, a thousand sanctuaries, you are nothing; you build a library, you are everything!"

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"After all, greatness is not for everybody"

- Kobe Bryant

"To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your accomplishments show how strong and determined you are. You’ve done a great job."

"You are very good at reaching your goals and making impossible things possible. I’m happy to be with you."

"A strong woman is one who can build a life that others admire."

"All of your hard work and dedication have paid off. I’m happy to be married to you."

"Your accomplishments show how dedicated you are to always doing your best. You’ve done a great job."

"Daughter, today we celebrate not just an achievement but the incredible journey you've taken to get here."

"If we were asked what living man had the worst start and the best finish, we would say, Dr. Carver. It's a great loss to us that we have no one like him in England."

"In only a year, you went from a novice to a master. Congrats on the next step in your education."

"With each battle, we carve our names into the sagas of history."

"Congratulations on your graduation, my dear. The world awaits your brilliance."