ACHIEVEMENT
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(1154 votes) If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either.
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(1008 votes) For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
Aristotle
Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
(868 votes) "No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything."
Ronaldo(Ronaldinho) Assis Moreira
Ronaldo(Ronaldinho) Assis Moreira
midfielder for FC Barcelona
(842 votes) Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890, Dutch Painter
(811 votes) Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Confucius
Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher
(767 votes) The fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.
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(765 votes) The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809-1894, American Author, Wit, Poet
(730 votes) For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
(726 votes) Accomplishment is easiest when we work the hardest, and it is hardest when we work the easiest.
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(661 votes) Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
(653 votes) 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.
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
1901-1966, American Artist, Film Producer
(636 votes) Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
(579 votes) Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet
(570 votes) To spend life for something which outlasts it.
William James
William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
(327 votes) A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809-1894, American Author, Wit, Poet
(229 votes) 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.
Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
1896-18, Indian Statesman, Prime Minister
(228 votes) ''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.
Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles
1812-1904, Scottish Author
(216 votes) There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
Alphonse De Lamartine
Alphonse De Lamartine
1790-1869, French Poet, Statesman, Historian
(206 votes) 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
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher
(205 votes) The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Eddie Robinson
Eddie Robinson
College Football Coach
(204 votes) My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
1900-1993, American Actress
(204 votes) We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
David Bailey
David Bailey
1938-, British Photographer
(199 votes) Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Mark Victor Hansen
Mark Victor Hansen
American Motivational Speaker, Author
(196 votes) I want to put a ding in the universe.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
1955-, American Businessman, Founder of Apple Computers
(195 votes) We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
Jean De La Fontaine
Jean De La Fontaine
1621-1695, French Poet
(193 votes) We will either find a way, or make one.
Hannibal
Hannibal
BC 247-182, Carthaginian General, Statesman
(189 votes) Be not afraid of flying. Angels live in the clouds and the devil on the earth.
Greg Evans
Greg Evans
American Writer 1978-
(188 votes) 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.
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters
1931-, American TV Personality
(183 votes) The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
Alfred A. Montapert
Alfred A. Montapert
American Author
(180 votes) To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
(179 votes) 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,
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
1910-1943, French Philosopher, Mystic
(163 votes) Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Charles F. Kettering
Charles F. Kettering
1876-1958, American Engineer, Inventor
(160 votes) The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, American Speaker, Motivational Writer, ''Think and Grow Rich''
(158 votes) 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.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
American painter
(157 votes) 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.
Orison Swett Marden
Orison Swett Marden
1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine
(151 votes) The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Plutarch
Plutarch
46-120 AD, Greek Essayist, Biographer
(148 votes) 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.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
(148 votes) The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
1759-1805, German Dramatist, Poet, Historian
(136 votes) You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus
c.1-?, Macedonian Inventor and Writer
(130 votes) Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
(126 votes) It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.
Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar
American Sales Trainer, Author, Motivational Speaker
(121 votes) The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist
(120 votes) I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.
C. Hoppe
C. Hoppe
(115 votes) Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
1834-1892, British Baptist Preacher
(110 votes) We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
(Edward E.) 1894-1962, American Poet
(106 votes) 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.
Anthony Robbins
Anthony Robbins
1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant
(105 votes) What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Otto Rank
Otto Rank
1884-1939, Vienna-born Psychoanalyst
(102 votes) The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Lady Stella Reading
Lady Stella Reading
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