Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Napoleon Hill

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Theodore Isaac Rubin

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
Ayn Rand

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Vincent Van Gogh

Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.
Elle Macpherson

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Charles Kettering

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
Zane Grey

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
Ovid

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.
Margaret Spellings

I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation.
Rick Rubin

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.
Shirley Chisholm

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
Doug Coupland

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.
Brian May

I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me.
Alicia Machado

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
Margaret Spellings

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.
Gavin DeGraw

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.
Alan Shepard