Accomplishing Something Quotes

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  I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

  Colonel Sanders

  Two, Feelings, Way

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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• Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

  George A. Sheehan

  Motivational, Happiness, Happy

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• Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks, forgetting that the past is just the stuff with which to make more future.

  Freya Stark

  Past, People, Cracks

  Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

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• I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Life, Beautiful, Work

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• If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Leadership, Confidence, Courage

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• You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 09, 2013

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• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• Man, like other organisms, is so perfectly coordinated that he may easily forget, whether awake or asleep, that he is a colony of cells in action, and that it is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself.

  Albert Claude

  Men, Cells, May

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• Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.

  Doug Larson

  Funny, Business, Humorous

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• 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

  Business, Accomplish Your Goals, Accomplishment

  Zig Ziglar (2010). “See You at the Top”, p.166, Pelican Publishing

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• Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

  Donald Trump

  Moving On, Success, Giving Up

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• Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

  Eric Clapton

  Lying, Humor, Choices

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

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• The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.

  George H. W. Bush

  Dream, Mean, Successful

  "Patriarch of a Political Dynasty". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Williamsburg, Virginia, www.achievement.org. June 2, 1995.

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• When you use an excuse for not accomplishing something or not completing a project, you are actually giving power to someone or something outside of yourself.
  Regardless of what happens today, absolutely refuse to use an excuse to get off the hook.

  Bob Proctor

  Giving, Hook, Use

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 14, 2013

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• Being on a ship is something like being pregnant. You can sit there and do absolutely nothing but stare at the water and have the nicest sense that you are accomplishing something.

  Jean Kerr

  Water, Ships, Staring

  JEAN KERR (1970). “Penny Candy”

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• It's not work, it is more of a passion. It is so much fun and it is really makes you feel great at the end of the day. You feel like you are really after doing something good and you are after accomplishing something. Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fun, Dad, Love You

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

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• Any time I have seen someone accomplishing something magnificent, they have been a monomaniac with a mission. A single-minded individual with a passion.

  Peter Drucker

  Passion, Individual, Missions

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• Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Real, Satisfaction In Life, Satisfaction

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• Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Life Is Short, Passionate, Chance

  Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There was a moment in time where I was really focused on the Navy and I followed through with it - I passed the test. I was happy with myself because I was accomplishing something and I was really working towards a goal. That was the first true thing I invested my energy in.

  Kid Cudi

  Goal, Navy, Energy

  "Complex's Kid Cudi Cover Story: The Uncut Interview Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. August 15, 2009.

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• I think my favorite thing is the mystery of life - it makes you feel that much better about accomplishing something.

  Jonny Lang

  Thinking, Favorites Things, Mystery

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• Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people.

  Noel Tichy

  Ideas, People, Leader

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