Let’s take a look at inspirational quotes on accomplishment today.
I am sure you know that some folks have an intense desire to achieve something, then there are others couldn’t be bothered about their achievements.
Atkinson’s Achievement Motivation Theory
According to researcher John Atkinson, people who have a great need for achievement anticipate success more than they do in failure.
Achievement motivation is one of those psychological theories about what makes people do what they do. It is said that it is an innate human motivation that we all want to be successful or to reach a high level of attainment.
You can read more about achievement motivation theory or achievement motivation theory Atkinson from the Internet.
Anyway, here is good collection of inspirational quotes on accomplishment which can motivate to achieve more in life:
“If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.” – Seneca
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans.” – Peter F. Drucker
“Nothing is ever accomplished by reasonable man.” – Bernard Shaw
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein
“It is better to be nobody who accomplished something than a somebody who accomplished nothing.” – Unknown
“Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people” – Nido Qubein
“Don’t put things off – put them over.” – Unknown
“Success flourishes only in perseverance–ceaseless, restless perseverance.” – Baron Manfred von Richthofen
“The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” – Nathaniel Howe
“A man achieves according to what he believes.” – Unknown
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” – Jesse Owens
“Little strokes fell great oaks.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
“A man can do more than he thinks he can, but he usually does less than he thinks he does.” – Unknown
“It is a man who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.” – Unknown
“The more accomplishments you have, you apt to accomplish.” – Unknown
“Somebody is always doing what somebody else said couldn’t be done.” – Unknown
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
“The quickest way to do many things is to do one thing at a time.” – Unknown
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent van Gogh
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo
“All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
“Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.” – Frank A. Clark
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
“Press on- nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin
Coolidge
“Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” – Robert H. Schuller
“We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.” – Eric Hoffer