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Most Famous Accomplishment Quotes
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. Nicholas M. Butler
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing. Coco Chanel
You need to battle with fear of failure to achieve your goals in life. Invajy
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done. Arthur Conan Doyle
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. John Wooden
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale
If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise. Malcolm X
As I grew older, I thought about the things that I have achieved. To my surprise, I haven’t accomplished a lot. Michael Lee
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. Ronald Reagan
One cannot grow without pain. One cannot improve without it. Suffering drives us to achieve great things. Joe Abercrombie
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Horace Mann
The only goals you don’t achieve in life are the goals you don’t set. Matt Fox
Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of accomplishing more than you know. You have more potential than you think, but you will never know your full potential unless you keep challenging yourself and pushing beyond your own self imposed limits. Roy T. Bennett
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. Margaret Thatcher
You are the greatest achievement of your own life. Sarah Rees Brennan
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. Lao Tzu
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller
The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. Criss Jami
Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail. George Alexiou
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. Jimmy Johnson
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Napoleon Hill
Failure is constructive feedback that tells you to try a different approach to accomplish what you want. Idowu Koyenikan
Every end becomes a means of carrying activity further as soon as it is achieved. John Dewey
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. William Blake
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. Elbert Hubbard
I could not achieve many things in life which I desired, those failures became the foundation of today’s success. Invajy
You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. Richard Bach
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. Margaret Thatcher
Many people say I’m the best women’s soccer player in the world. I don’t think so. And because of that, someday I just might be. Mia Hamm
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work. Thomas J. Watson
It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them. Martina Boone
With the right balance of vacation and work, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that the human spirit cannot achieve. Sage Wilcox
Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it. Steve Chandler
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time. Leonard Bernstein
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin gold And like the sky my soul is also turnin Turnin’ from the past, at last and all I’ve left behind. Ray Lamontagne
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Denis Waitley
By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments. Eileen Kennedy Moore
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller
If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill. Stuart Hill
Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it’s the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off. Roger Deakins
Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom. Sandra Day O’Connor
Achievement is not about doing something. Rather, it’s about ‘being someone. Craig D. Lounsbrough
If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you. Deng Ming Dao
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle
Life is like butter when things cool down it can be reshaped. Alan Sheinwald
Mistakes are the foundation of achievement. Steven Magee
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
I profoundly believe that there is always more than one right way to achieve great results. Robyn Pearce
If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done much today. Mikhail S. Gorbachev
It is little keys that open up big doors On small steps leading to great achievements. Lamine Pearlheart
If you’re going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you’re going to half ass it, why bother? Ashly Lorenzana
Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don’t let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible. Roy T. Bennett
What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it. Sir Thomas More
Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. Paulo Coelho
It’s no use saying, We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston S. Churchill
If you keep working at it, if you keep moving forward, you will achieve what you want. Leigh Shulman
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals. Booker T. Washington
Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don’t feel they’re good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven’t yet put the work in to develop them. Ken Robinson
To be successful, one has to be one of three bees the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in. Suzy Kassem
To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone that you have never been before. Les Brown
If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you’d need world attention to be able to prove it. Toba Beta
The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Mary Maker Eddy
It’s amazing how much you can get done if you don’t worry about who gets the credit. Dallin H. Oaks
If you go out without a plan, you will return home without any achievement. Awolumate Samuel
It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere. Steve Goodier
Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of your end result. Kevin Michel
One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment. Steven Weinberg
If talent is the floor and character the ceiling, then work ethic is the altitude of personal achievement. Orrin Woodward
There’s always stuff to work on. You’re never there. Tiger Woods
When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve. Napoleon Hill
Do not constantly spend your time complaining about a problem you may be having or may be up against, focus your time toward correcting the problem. Always remember, Time is value! Victoria addino
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. Joseph Conrad
Integrity is a powerful force, keeping you alive to others long after you’ve left their presence. Mollie Marti
Achievement has no color. Abraham Lincoln
Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail. George Alexiou
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them and do it. Steve Chandler
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford
Freedom in any moment is a product of two things: the autonomy you feel and the support for autonomy that the moment allows. Raoul Davis Jr.
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion. Mollie Marti
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best. Colin Powell
Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He’d stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment. A. Lee Martinez
In order to achieve anything, we must have an understanding of its opposite. Rudy Scarfalloto
No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don’t begin you can’t get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable! Israelmore Ayivor
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
There’s sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren’t being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable. Criss Jami
Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. Vera Nazarian
Satisfaction in life doesn’t jump on you, you work for it, you earn it. You will not sit in a place, fold your hands and expect to be satisfied with life. Agu
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill
If all the world’s a stage, I suggest you start performing at your best. Rob Liano
The roughest roads often lead to the top. Christina Aguilera
Not every hen lay eggs. Not every hen that lays eggs gets them hatched. Not everyone born with greatness becomes as such. Go, hatch your eggs. Israelmore Ayivor
Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult. Winston Churchill
The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish. David Foster Wallace
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. Harold Taylor
Smile. Give Earth the biggest smile you’ve got. See every glimmer of light in the scariest, darkest sky. And when people think you’re crazy, then you know you’ve accomplished something very few dare to try. Lana M.H. Wilder
