Achievement Quotes
We understand the great arc of human history bends towards people coming together in ever greater numbers - from tribes to cities to nations - to achieve things we couldn't on our own.
Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.
Every generation has its defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon - including that janitor. Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio. Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects. These projects didn't just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.
In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
Success has always been the greatest liar, and the 'work' itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised in his creation to the point where he is unrecognizable.
I have won this lottery. It's a gigantic lottery, and it's called Amazon.com. And I'm using my lottery winnings to push us a little further into space.
The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.
The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past - no matter how good it was.
I'm so proud of that team, and I know for a fact when I'm eighty or, let's say-I always project myself forward to age eighty, but as I get older, I'm starting to do ninety-so I know that when I'm ninety, it's going to be one of the things I'm most proud of, that I took on the Washington Post and helped it through a very rough transition.
We've got thousands of investors counting on us. And we're a team of thousands of employees all counting on each other. That's fun.
One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of setting out in a completely erroneous direction. Surely the important thing isn't the length of our steps, but that the objective is clear.
No matter who you talk to, they're like, "Oh, Google today was great. I found exactly what I needed." Somehow we've done a really good job.
No one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can't be done.
One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people-I categorize them as life's losers-who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I'm concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn't be fighting me, they'd be doing something constructive themselves.
In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake, but by what you finally accomplish.
I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It's not even close.
The greatest pleasure I've had is trying to do something that everybody says could not be done.
On behalf of the British people I salute the skill and courage which have brought man to the moon. May this endeavour increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind.
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