Achievement Quotes

"I told Coach, ‘You know, I realize we’ve been working hard for this, but the medal almost doesn’t matter anymore because I feel like you all have elevated me in such a way that I never could have duplicated that.’ The reinforcement of the journey is so valuable, not just the prize or medal hanging around your neck. And we had such a special time pursuing that together."

- Deena Kastor

"Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- Francis of Assisi

"Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together"

- Vincent van Gogh

"From crippling circumstance, George Washington Carver made for himself an imperishable niche in the annals of science."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Be the best of whatever you are."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration."

- Naveen Jain

"Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling, enduring, and accomplishing."

- George Sheehan