The
highly quotable Scottish-born essayist Thomas Carlyle (pictured here) once
observed, "The great law of culture is this: Let each become all that he
was created capable of being." As you consider ways that you can reach your
full potential, perhaps the following quotations can help.
On Achievement
"The achiever is the only individual
who is truly alive. I see no difference in a chair and the man who sits in the
chair, unless he’s accomplishing something."
George Allen
"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A
whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"
Andrew Carnegie
"In every triumph there’s a lot of try."
Frank Tyger
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first,
hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
Thomas Edison
On Achievement and Focus…
"When a great man has some one object
in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him
to walk out of all common roads."
Edmund Burke
"Concentration is everything. On the day I’m performing, I don’t hear
anything anyone says to me."
Luciano Pavarotti
"As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it . . . you
cannot do everything."
Phillips Brooks
"Success is focusing the full power of all you are one what you have a
burning desire to achieve."
Wilferd Peterson
And Finally . . .
"Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative
achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up."
Alfred North Whitehead
"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."
Thomas Henry Huxley
"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is
the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it should get you pretty
near to it."
Margaret Thatcher
