Your Achievement Quotes

CONTENTMENT
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known." -- Garrison Keillor

"You can't have everything... where would you put it?" -- Stephen Wright

"I am a big believer in the 'mirror test'. All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best." -- John McKay

"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace." -- J. Lubbock

COURAGE
"Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice." -- John McCain

"Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." -- Mary Tyler Moore

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." -- Eddie Rickenbacker

"To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeated." -- Helen Keller

CREATIVITY
"No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive." -- John Cassavetes

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness." -- Gilda Radner

"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." -- Samuel Johnson