Accomplished Quotes - Page 2

• Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Work, Umpires, Levels

  The Peter Principle ch. 1 (1969)

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• It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Work, Men, Ballet

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.

  Norma Shearer

  Enemy, Doers, Toes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.

  Thomas Sowell

  Winning, Would Be, Cost

  Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 8, 2012.

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• The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

  Laurence Sterne

  Book, People, Titles

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• I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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• Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Teacher, Retirement, Teaching

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• Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

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• Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Positive, Running

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• Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

  Paul Cellucci

  Perseverance, Struggle, Sacrifice

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• When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants.

  Sakya Pandita

  Goal, Working Together, Lions

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• The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.

  Ella Maillart

  Character, Journey, Perfect

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• Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

  Patrick Macnee

  Long, Accomplishment, Done

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 17, 2003.

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• I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.

  Famke Janssen

  Disappointment, People, Expectations

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• And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine

  Tom Selleck

  Hero, Jordan, Barbara

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• I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it

  Claire Bloom

  Ambition, Burning

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• In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.

  Leland Stanford

  Unrest, May, Improvement

  Leland Stanford (1890). “Government Loans on Real Estate: Speech of Hon. Leland Stanford, of California, in the United States Senate, March 10, 1890”

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• It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

  Adrian Cronauer

  People, Flags, Amendments

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• I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  Bigger And Better Things, Want, Bigger And Better

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• My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.

  Gordon Getty

  Father, Businessman

  "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.

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• It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Desire, Made, Earnest

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