Accomplishment Quotes - Page 2

• Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

  Frank A. Clark

  Life, Motivational, Inspiration

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• There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Attitude, Real, Enthusiasm For Life

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• We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Increase, Interest, Career Success

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• Heat is required to forge anything. Every
  great accomplishment is the story of a flaming
  heart.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Stories, Heat

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• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Congratulations, Blessing, Challenges

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• God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.

  Bill Watterson

  Motivational, Funny Life, Accomplish Nothing

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• You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country... That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact.

  George Stephanopoulos

  Country, Real, Impact

  "ABC Paints Obama as Victim, Stephanopoulos Echoes Emanuel on Greatest Success". www.newsbusters.org. April 29, 2009.

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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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  Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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• I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

  Harold Brodkey

  Looks, Merit, Nonsense

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• Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.

  Erik Erikson

  Children, Mistake, Joy

  "Childhood and Society". Book by Erik Erikson, 1950.

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• In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Nature, Miracle, Green Trees

  "The Wisdom of Wilderness". Life magazine, December 22, 1967.

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• The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

  Ed Parker

  Success, Learning, Intelligent

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• Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Death

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• The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Ambition

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• Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace .

  Saint Augustine

  Real, Grace, Holiness

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• Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Presidential, Political, Important

  1929 Press conference, Mar.

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• The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Motivational, Success, Business

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• All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Courage, Thoughtful

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• Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Communication, Men, Voice

  "'Terre des Hommes' ('Wind, Sand and Stars')". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Lewis Galantière. Chapter III: "The Tool", 1939.

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• The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Success, Struggle, Victory

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• There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: "Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

  Robin Sharma

  Accomplish Nothing, Two, People

  Robin Sharma (2006). “The Greatness Guide: One of the World's Most Successful Coaches Shares His Secrets for Personal and Business Mastery”, p.91, Jaico Publishing House

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