Accomplished Quotes - Page 24

• …tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Thinking, Years, Twenties

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.604, Delphi Classics

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• I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.

  Ayn Rand

  Want, Lasts, Summing Up

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.361, Penguin

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• In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Matter, Ends

  John Eldredge (2005). “The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Sometimes I have the feeling that we live in a dubbed movie and everybody moves their lips but the voices don't correspond. We are all post-synchronized and sometimes is very accomplished and looks natural.

  Romain Gary

  Moving, Voice, Feelings

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• The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Life, Success

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• There are things that can be accomplished only by violence. Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

  Milan Kundera

  Love Is, Violence, Unbearable Lightness Of Being

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• At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23).

  Denzel Washington

  Accomplishment, The End Of The Day, Done

  Denzel Washington, Daniel Paisner (2006). “A Hand to Guide Me”, p.23, Meredith Books

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• Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Effort, Perception

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.305, Head of Zeus

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• THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before the host has slid The bolt upon the door, To seek for the accomplished guest, -- Her visitor no more.

  Emily Dickinson

  Doors, Waiting, Heaven

  Emily Dickinson (2016). “The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.300, First Avenue Editions

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• We forget that there is much more patriotism in having the audacity to differ from the majority than in running before the crowd; we forget that in the resistance of the minority some of the biggest things in our own history have been accomplished, and the man who looks on the Stars and Stripes and doesn't hold a right to say nay to his neighbor, even if the neighbor is of the larger party, has forgotten the history of his country.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Running, Country, Stars

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• For though Duncan was a mere mortal, flawed as well, he'd accomplished a daring feat. Aye, he'd captured an angel. And she belonged to him.

  Julie Garwood

  Angel, Duncan, Daring

  Julie Garwood (2010). “Honor's Splendour”, p.374, Simon and Schuster

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• ...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Strong, Jobs, Men

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

  Terry Goodkind

  Mother, Giving, Victory

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• It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem to enjoy it and seek opportunities to do it; and that foul language is a normal, healthy accompaniment to frogging, whether it is you or the cat that accomplished the task.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Cat, Opportunity, Knitting

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.120, Storey Publishing

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• He gave her his best smile. His best I-almost-died-so-how-can-you-deny-me smile. Or at least that’s how he hoped it appeared. The truth was, he wasn’t a very accomplished flirt, and it might very well have come across as an Iam- mildly-deranged-so-it’s-in-all-of-our-best-interests-if-youpretend- to-agree-with-me smile.

  Julia Quinn

  Flirting, Might, Deny

  FaceBook post by Julia Quinn from Jan 08, 2015

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• When people felt pain time and time again, they came to fear that pain above all other things. So they tried to ignore it, to forget it was happening, as a way of bearing it. And pretty soon, they would come to feel like they'd accomplished something just by doing that -- even though nothing had changed.

  Fuyumi Ono

  Pain, People, Way

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• Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.

  Nora Ephron

  Reading, Bliss, Better Person

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• Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.

  Cassandra Clare

  Doe, Clockwork Prince

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

  Jane Austen

  Three, Foolish, Young

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.755, Ageless Reads

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• I thought that if I accomplished enough, that somehow I would be let off the hook in the future. Like I didn’t have to keep striving and achieving because I had done that already, and it would add up to being enough.

  Portia de Rossi

  Would Be, Add, Hook

  Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew.

  Terry Goodkind

  Memories, Live Life, Past

  "The Pillars of Creation". Book by Terry Goodkind, 2001.

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• He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

  Paul Theroux

  Madness, Clear

  Paul Theroux (2009). “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• When he sat alone in the darkness and cried and was done, all done with it, nothing had changed. His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing.

  Gary Paulsen

  Hurt, Dark, Self

  Gary Paulsen (2009). “Hatchet”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep. We don't know how to let go. We're like a Jack-in-the-box perched on top of a spring and the more we struggle the harder it is to get back in the box.

  Henry Miller

  Letting Go, Spring, Struggle

  Henry Miller (1964). “Henry Miller on Writing”, New Directions Publishing

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• That’s really sweet.” He grinned and reached for a plate. “Then I believe my mission is accomplished.” Laughing softly so I didn’t wake up Cage, I walked over and took the plate he was offering to me.

  Abbi Glines

  Sweet, Believe, Offering

  Abbi Glines (2016). “Sea Breeze Volume 1: Breathe; Because of Low; While It Lasts”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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