Accomplish Nothing Quotes - Page 2

• Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Without such passion we may produce isolated acts of love; but our life is not really won over or consecrated to an ideal. Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Blessed, Passion, May

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• When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value.

  Orrin Woodward

  People, Important, Crowds

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2016

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• When the babies were very young, I found it difficult to write. I told myself each time that it would be different, I was used to it now, but with every child, for the first four months, I would accomplish nothing.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Baby, Children, Writing

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• It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Fall, Hands, Giants

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• Jesus didn't accomplish everything so that you could accomplish nothing.

  Bill Johnson

  Jesus, Accomplish

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• Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the price placard outside changed to reflect the reality of the market within hours. The other sends out a press release, tries to organize a hearing, and at the end of amount accomplishes nothing. Meanwhile, the gas station has already made at least thirty additional adjustments to the realities of the market while your politico fails to get anything more than easy media.

  Joel Miller

  Reality, Thinking, Oil

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• The perfect war is started for obscure reasons, is hopelessly murderous, and accomplishes nothing.

  Errol Morris

  War, Perfect, Obscure

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• Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Luxury, Excess, Defeat

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Fried (1965). “A Day of Dedication”, New York : Macmillan [1965]

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• You must master the habit of procrastination and eliminate it from your wake-up. This habit of putting off until tomorrow that which you should have done last week or last year or a score of years ago is gnawing at the very vitals of your being and you can accomplish nothing until you throw it off.

  Napoleon Hill

  Procrastination, Should Have, Years

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• Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Heart, Our Words

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.285, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

  Muhammad Ali

  Believe, People, Challenges

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• Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the way of Owl and Rabbit. Now, like Eeyore, we complain about the results. But that accomplishes nothing. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh. As if from far away, it calls us with the voice of a child's mind. It may be hard to hear at times, but it is important just the same, because without it, we will never find our way through the forest.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Children, Smart, Voice

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• Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.

  Salvador Dali

  Sex, Self, Expression

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• Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing.

  Saint Peter

  Blessed, Holy Eucharist, Passionate

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• Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.

  Robert McKee

  Fuel, Crafts, Talent

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.28, Harper Collins

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