Achievement  a·chieve·ment (noun) • something that somebody has succeeded in doing, usually with effort • the act or process of finishing something successfully • social status gained through personal merit rather than as a result of the circumstances into which somebody is born *
 

"Well done is better than well said"
Benjamin Franklin
 

"Those are a success who have lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who have gained the respect of intelligent people and the love of children, who have filled their niche and accomplished their task, who leave the world better than they found it, whether by a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of the earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best they had."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

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

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

"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation."
Jack Nicklaus
 

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
 

"Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement."
Susan Taylor
 

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."
Florence Scovel Shinn