Achievement

(232 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
1809-1894, American Author, Wit, Poet

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(190 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
1812-1904, Scottish Author

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(183 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
1896-18, Indian Statesman, Prime Minister

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(174 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
1938-, British Photographer

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(170 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
1900-1993, American Actress

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(168 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
1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher

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(167 votes)   We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

Jean De La Fontaine
1621-1695, French Poet

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(165 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
College Football Coach

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(163 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
American Motivational Speaker, Author

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(163 votes)   I want to put a ding in the universe.

Steve Jobs
1955-, American Businessman, Founder of Apple Computers

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(159 votes)   There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

Alphonse De Lamartine
1790-1869, French Poet, Statesman, Historian

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(157 votes)   Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done.

Julia Woodruff

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(156 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
1910-1943, French Philosopher, Mystic

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(152 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
1931-, American TV Personality

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(152 votes)   The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Alfred A. Montapert
American Author

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