If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.