Top 200 Achievement Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Comfort is the enemy of achievement.”

— Farrah Gray

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Ambition Quotes, Work Hard Quotes

2. “Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Excellence Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Greatness Quotes

3. “Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.”

— Urijah Faber

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

4. “Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Excellence Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Struggle Quotes

5. “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

6. “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Business Quotes, Winning Quotes, Effort Quotes

7. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Financial Success Quotes, Quality Quotes, Purpose Quotes

8. “First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Optimistic Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

9. “Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Failure Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

10. “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Empowering Quotes

11. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Action Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

12. “The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

13. “You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

14. “Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

15. “You will never ever be successful, until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

16. “Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

17. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

18. “There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

19. “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

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Expectations Quotes, Quotes About Trying

20. “The best motivation is self-motivation.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

21. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Opportunity Quotes

22. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Empowering Quotes

23. “Never settle for anything less than your best.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Study Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

24. “Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.”

— Ralph Marston

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

25. “It’s not over until you win.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

26. “No Alarm Clock Needed. My Passion Wakes Me.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Effort Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

27. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Courage Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

28. “Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Prosperity Quotes

29. “Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Emotional Quotes

30. “It’s not where you start but where you finish that counts.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Winning Quotes

31. “Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Choices Quotes, Commitment Quotes

32. “You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you!”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

33. “Daily ripples of excellence over time become a tsunami of success.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Motivational Quotes

34. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Persistence Quotes

35. “No great achievement is possible without persistent work.”

— Bertrand Russell

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Motivational Work Quotes, Excellence Quotes

36. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Performance Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Competition Quotes

37. “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”

— Ayn Rand

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

38. “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes, Character Quotes

39. “Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Career Development Quotes

40. “Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Growth Quotes

41. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Failure Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

42. “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

43. “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”

— John Green

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Effort Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Self-Improvement Quotes

44. “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Startup Quotes, Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes

45. “Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes

46. “Some of you love sleep more than you love success. If you want to be successful, you gotta be willing to give up sleep. If you go to sleep, you might miss the opportunity to be successful.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Action Quotes, Hustle Quotes

47. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

— Christian D. Larson

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Courage Quotes, Focus Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positivity Quotes

48. “Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.”

— Bill Gates

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Business Quotes, Productivity Quotes

49. “There's a way to do it better - find it.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Science Quotes, Innovation Quotes

50. “To earn more, you must learn more.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Financial Success Quotes, Career Development Quotes