Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

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

Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

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

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

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

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation veneer isn't worth anything.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.