Motivational Quotes

Achievement

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

- Winthrop, John

Best Quotes about Achievement

The fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Orwell, George

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Desai, Morarji

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality

Jung, Carl

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

Bennett, Thomas A.

Winthrop, John

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above,

Weil, Simone

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Jowett, Benjamin

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I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Phaedrus

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The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.

Robbins, Anthony

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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

Warren, Earl

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Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

O'Keeffe, Georgia

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One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

Lakein, Alan

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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Disney, Walt

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

Fabricius, George

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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of

Hoffer, Eric

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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

Reading, Lady Stella

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It's not the having, it's the getting.

Taylor, Elizabeth

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The journey is the reward.

Proverb, Chinese

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To spend life for something which outlasts it.

James, William

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We will either find a way, or make one.

Hannibal

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Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Tracy, Brian

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The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

Walters, Barbara

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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Rank, Otto

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The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Thoreau, Henry David

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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.

Weaver, Dennis

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If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either.

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Accomplishment is easiest when we work the hardest, and it is hardest when we work the easiest.

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Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.

Ovid

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God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Hubbard, Elbert

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The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit.

Morrow, Dwight Whitney

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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Montapert, Alfred A.

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It's no use saying, We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Churchill, Winston

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Where there is a will there is a way. is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so -- to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

Smiles, Samuel

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We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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Never mistake activity for achievement.

Wooden, John

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I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

Picasso, Pablo

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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.