Accomplishment Quotes - Page 25

• Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Essays". Volume 2,

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• My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.

  Bobby Flay

  People, Proud, Would Be

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• I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

  Renee Fleming

  Changed, Havens, Knows

  "Diva in Demand: Soprano Renee Fleming". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. October 12, 1999.

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• I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Reading, People, Helping

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• Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's hard to imagine her name atop the GOP ballot in 2016, when a cast of heavyweights who sat out 2012 will be vying for the nomination.

  Ron Fournier

  Memories, Alaska, Names

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• Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Music, Witty

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• The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Jobs, Perfection, Narcissism

  "The Tweaker" by Malcolm Gladwell, www.newyorker.com. November 14, 2011.

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• The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Deeds, Helping, Action

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bayard Taylor (1949). “Faust: A Tragedy in Two Parts”

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• My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

  Robert Griffin III

  Jobs, School, College

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• An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.

  Gary Hamel

  Uplifting, Purpose, Individual

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• Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Inspirational, Motivational, Peace

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• High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Character, Moral, Moral Character

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.127, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

  Naveen Jain

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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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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• Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.

  Jon Landau

  Kings, Creative, Musical

  Jon Landau (1972). “It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal”

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• A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess.

  Jaron Lanier

  Culture, Valleys, Structure

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  Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

  Horace Mann

  Life, Death, Badass

  Massachusetts. Board of Education, Horace Mann (1838). “Annual Report, Together with the Report of the Secretary of the Board: (1837-1841)”

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• Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Use, Life Is, Moments

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• Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Success, Lifetime, Saved

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2010). “The Irony of American History”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

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• Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Love, Accomplished, Virtuous

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2010). “The Irony of American History”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

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• I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Two, President

  "Where is America's missing foreign policy?" by Cal Thomas, www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2014.

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• Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, People, Important

  Joel Osteen (2007). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.

  Steven Pinker

  Civilization, Enlightenment, World

  Steven Pinker (2011). “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined”, p.737, Penguin

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• Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

  Plutarch

  Perseverance, Taken, Persistence

  Plutarch (2015). “Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography”, p.761, 谷月社

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