Great Accomplishment Quotes - Page 2

• Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Success, Work, Self Esteem

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• Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.

  Andie MacDowell

  Children, Feels Just, Accomplishment

  "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.

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• There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there can be no vision to the man the horizon of whose vision is limited by the bounds of self. But the great things of the world, the great accomplishments of the world, have been achieved by men who had high ideals and who have received great visions. The path is not easy, the climbing is rugged and hard, but the glory at the end is worthwhile.

  Matthew Henson

  Men, Climbing, Self

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• The youth of today and the youth of tomorrow will be accorded an almost unequaled opportunity for great accomplishment and for human service.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Opportunity, Youth Of Today, Accomplishment

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• I started reading about people of great accomplishment … and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

  Benjamin Carson

  Reading, People, Accomplishment

  "World-Renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson Attributes His Success to Confidence Gained Through Reading and Education". www.prnewswire.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I know Malcolm [Subban] and myself, we're a little bit older now, but we don't know everything. To get to where we have so far has been a great accomplishment but we're not even close to being satisfied. To be able to keep on getting better, progressing, and having success, you need help. What better place to get it than from your parents?

  P. K. Subban

  Accomplishment, Parent, Get Better

  Source: www.complex.com

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• The greatest achievement of my life is enduring a disease that nearly killed me. I came out of it a better person. It's my one great accomplishment - more so than anything else I've done.

  John Lydon

  Accomplishment, Achievement, Disease

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Power is a big thing in baseball. It can't be cheapened. That is, a fellow has it or hasn't. It isn't a fluke or great accomplishment, like a perfect game. When Mantle connects, it's a tape-measure job. Nobody who ever lived has more power than Mantle.

  Gabe Paul

  Baseball, Jobs, Games

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• When it looks at great accomplishments, the world, bent on simplifying its images, likes best to look at the dramatic, picturesquemoments experienced by its heroes.... But the no less creative years of preparation remain in the shadow.

  Stefan Zweig

  Hero, Years, Accomplishment

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• Being a siddha master is indeed a great accomplishment, but it is not the same as being enlightened. People confuse siddha masters, who have the power to perform miracles, with enlightened masters who can enter into samadhi.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, People, Accomplishment

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• I believe that the world has become more democratic and open. Women have become more outspoken, more active and competitive. They have achieved great accomplishments in many fields that were previously dominated by men.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Believe, Men, World

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I never thought that Bill Clinton should be the president. When he was running to be the president of the United States, he said on over a hundred occasions, he said the following: He said, 'One of the great accomplishments while I was the governor of Arkansas, was to take my state in education from 50th to 49th.' And I thought, ' you know, Bill, you should keep that a secret.

  Lewis Black

  Running, Accomplishment, Secret

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• People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined as "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence. It sets a high, seemingly impossible, expectation for performance and human behavior.

  Atul Gawande

  People, Accomplishment, Expectations

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• Ignore any loss of nerve, ignore any loss of self-confidence, ignore any doubt or confusion. Move on believing in love, in peace, and harmony, and in great accomplishment. Remember joy isn't a stranger to you. You are winning and you are strong. Love. Love first, love always, love forever.

  Anne Rice

  Strong, Believe, Moving

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• Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

  Gary Hamel

  Attitude, Accomplishment, Aspiration

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• Great accomplishment seems imperfect,
  Yet it does not outlive its usefulness.
  Great fullness seems empty,
  Yet it cannot be exhausted.

  Laozi

  Accomplishment, Perfection, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• So my message is in whichever realm, be it going into space or going into the deep sea, you have to balance the yin and yang of caution and boldness, risk aversion and risk taking, fear and fearlessness. No great accomplishment takes place, whether it be a movie or a deep ocean expedition, or a space mission, without a kind of dynamic equipoise between the two. Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option.

  James Cameron

  Ocean, Sea, Two

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• Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

  Pau Gasol

  Accomplishment, Three, Playoffs

  "'I've Never, Ever Liked Elvis': an Interview with Laker Pau Gasol". Interview with Dan Gurle, bleacherreport.com. May 8, 2008.

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• While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster

  Benjamin Graham

  Wall, Accomplishment, Investing

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.

  Curtis Joseph

  Winning, Thinking, Accomplishment

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• Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Accomplishment, Trying

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• Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.

  Earl Nightingale

  Years, Accomplishment, Effort

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• Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.

  Martial

  Accomplishment, Age, Praying

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• You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Suicide, Accomplishment, Weakness

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