How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. -- Robert G Allen

Considering all major parameters, we are amongst the top three business groups in the country ... with a market cap of over 500 billion rupees. -- Anil Ambani

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve. -- Mary Kay Ash

I've always worked very, very hard, and the harder I worked, the luckier I got. -- Alan Bond

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. -- Edward de Bono

With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to. -- Bob Brown

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years. -- Bob Brown

I just feel very honored and very happy, ... I just feel very happy to have achieved something in my career that I wanted -- and I'm sure every girl that started in this business always wanted. -- Gisele Bundchen

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. -- Dale Carnegie

We went from one million to 20 million subscribers in the past five years. That's great, but a billion people watch CNN. -- Steve Case

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. -- Winston Churchill

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment. -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

You reach a point where you don't work for money. -- Walt Disney

Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort. The organization must be with you or you don't get it done... In my organization there is respect for every individual, and we all have a keen respect for the public. -- Walt Disney

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself. -- Dr.Phil

Throughout human history, it was the super achievers -- and only the super achievers -- who knew when to say "No." -- Peter Drucker

The most important decisions in organizations are people decisions, and yet only the military, and only recently, has begun to ask, "If we assign this general to lead this base, what do we expect him to accomplish?" -- Peter Drucker

I always went into an area that was in last place, with a philosophy, 'You can't fall off the floor.' And I was lucky, was at the right time and the right place, with the right ideas, and each one of these areas became number one. -- Michael Eisner

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? -- Larry Flynt

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. -- Larry Flynt

We don't have in our culture a healthy understanding and respect for the value of Being, which is simply being present in the moment, not trying to go somewhere, not trying to accomplish anything but, just present. -- Shakti Gawain

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. -- Lee Iacocca

Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner. -- Steve Irwin

Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity. -- Abdul Kalam

I bought seeds for the garden and had great success with it, going around to all the houses in my village. After that year I could buy myself my first bicycle. -- Ingvar Kamprad

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment. -- Ray Kroc

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. -- Vince Lombardi

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. -- Vince Lombardi

We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. -- Nelson Mandela

In my country we go to prison first and then become President. -- Nelson Mandela

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -- Nelson Mandela

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve. -- Lakshmi Mittal

What's keeping you from being rich? In most cases it's simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can do it, and you must take the actions necessary to achieve your goal. -- Suze Orman

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. -- Norman Vincent Peale

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. -- Norman Vincent Peale

No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung. -- James Cash Penney

Organize as much as possible around teams, to achieve enhanced focus, task orientation, innovativeness, and individual commitment. -- Tom Peters

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible. -- Colin Powell

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. -- Colin Powell

We believe this combination of excellence in operations and strong execution of our strategy is critical to achieve our vision. We will continue to focus on both in future as well. -- Azim Premji

I would like to note how satisfied I am. When we launched the enlargement project, many believed we attempted the impossible. Yet, we have made it. -- Romano Prodi

Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility. -- Tony Robbins

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. -- John Rockefeller

The most significant clause in our trading charter is the promise to integrate principles with profits. It gives other people the spotlight and keeps achievement in a healthy perspective. -- Anita Roddick

As the chairman and a shareholder, I have a duty and responsibility to create long-term value and achieve short-term returns for all shareholders. -- Li Ka Shing

I believe an equitable society can only be achieved if each and every individual is ready and willing to do his or her part in capacity empowerment through education and the building of a caring society, particularly through medical and healthcare related projects. These are two important pillars of hope for any society. -- Li Ka Shing

Despite my achievements, I can still remember poverty. -- Li Ka Shing

I have set a standard, and I'm going to stick to the standard. I may have been able to grow faster and maybe my business could have been bigger, but because I really feel very serious about my subject, I really want to be hands-on. -- Martha Stewart

I just love it when people say I can't do it, there's nothing that makes me feel better [than proving them wrong] because all my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it. -- Ted Turner

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. -- Sam Walton

We are extremely pleased with the strength of our business and with the tremendous momentum we have going into the new year. -- Meg Whitman

When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable. -- Meg Whitman

If you have no overall spiritual quest, you will probably make money more quickly, but what you achieve will be empty. -- Stuart Wilde

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. -- Woodrow Wilson

When we were a handful of people in a small office in Mountain View, we used to say "We're making a real difference." I believe we still are. Our 10th anniversary is a milestone, a great sense that we have accomplished a lot, but it's not a time for complacency. -- Jerry Yang

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. -- Boris Yeltsin

We are grateful to those who at difficult times showed solidarity with us, with what the people of Russia are going through, and still are doing so. -- Boris Yeltsin

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become (by achieving your goals). -- Zig Ziglar

I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. -- Zig Ziglar

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