Accomplishment Quotes - Page 15

• Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.

  George Washington

  Integrity, Gains, Brilliant

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.308

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• Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons of white jade soar and freeze the whole sky with snow. When a summer sun heats the globe rivers flood and men turn into fish and turtles. Who can judge a thousand years of accomplishments or failures?

  Mao Zedong

  Summer, Spring, Passion

  Zedong Mao (2008). “The Poems of Mao Zedong”, p.65, Univ of California Press

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• Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks.

  Mao Zedong

  Party, Struggle, Fighting

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.197, China Books

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• The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments.

  Michael Korda

  Past, Skills, Records

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• Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn't validate their idealized view of themselves.

  Dalai Lama

  Disappointment, Pride, Frustration

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.192, Penguin

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• I don't benefit by minimizing his accomplishments Andre Ward.

  Carl Froch

  Motivation, Benefits, Fighter

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• I feel a desperation to make people see what we are doing to the environment, what a mess we are making of our world. At this point, the more people I reach, the more I accomplish. ... I miss Gombe and my wonderful years in the forest But if I were to go back to that, I wouldn't feel I was doing what I should be doing.

  Jane Goodall

  Science, Our World, Years

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• Motivation is the spark that lights the fire of knowledge and fuels the engine of accomplishment, it maximizes and maintains momentum

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivation, Fire, Light

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

  Bruce Lee

  Life Is Too Short, Energy, Negative

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence with Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973”, Tuttle Publishing

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• Study and discipline are the prerequisite to any form of accomplishment. Unfortunately however, studying is much like paying taxes for most of us - we only do it when we have to. If you're serious about developing greatness in your life, study the lives of great men and women and follow their advice!

  Bob Proctor

  Greatness, Men, Discipline

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Feb 22, 2012

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• Life's not about money. Look at achievements, accomplishments . It's about having fun. It's about enjoying life.

  Mike Ditka

  Fun, Enjoy Life, Achievement

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• Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.

  Martin Seligman

  Good Relationship, Feel Good, Feelings

  Martin Seligman (2011). “Flourish”, p.37, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• People always ask me to list my greatest accomplishments, expecting me to rattle off a bunch of movies I've made, but what I'm proudest of is my kids.

  Mel Gibson

  Children, Kids, People

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• Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency soars, our projects are completed we are going somewhere.

  Michael Korda

  Keys, Doors, Goal

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• Earlier this week ... scientists announced the completion of a task that once seemed unimaginable; and that is, the deciphering of the entire DNA sequence of the human genetic code. This amazing accomplishment is likely to affect the 21st century as profoundly as the invention of the computer or the splitting of the atom affected the 20th century. I believe that the 21st century will be the century of life sciences, and nothing makes that point more clearly than this momentous discovery. It will revolutionize medicine as we know it today.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Science, Dna

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• Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.

  Ali Vincent

  Faces, Reason Why, Obstacles

  Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.154, Rodale

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• The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence .

  Jim Rohn

  Self Confidence, Self, Steps

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• At home the great delight is to see the clover and grass now growing on places that were bare when we came. These small healings of the ground are my model accomplishment-everything else I do must aspire to that. While I was at that work the world gained with every move I made, and I harmed nothing.

  Wendell Berry

  Moving, Healing, Home

  Wendell Berry (2012). “A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural”, p.43, Counterpoint Press

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• Make your relationships more important than your accomplishments .

  Kelly Clark

  Important, Our Relationship

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• The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

  Roz Savage

  Challenges, Ends, Bigger

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• The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?

  Helen Keller

  Joy, Pushing, Obstacles

  "The Open Door".

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• Rejoice in the prosperity of others. When you feel contemptuous, or even a twinge of jealousy, toward the accomplishments or life-styles of others, you are harboring negativity where love must reside.

  Wayne Dyer

  Negativity, Style, Prosperity

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• The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.

  Oscar Wilde

  New York, Dine In, Philadelphia

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1023, GENERAL PRESS

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• My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet, or shot a missile.

  Jimmy Carter

  Bombs, Bullets, Shots

  Former President Jimmy Carter address to the students and community members at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium, February 16, 2011.

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• Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

  Morgan Freeman

  Pride, Guiding Principles, Speak

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