Achievement

(82 votes)   The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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(82 votes)   What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Otto Rank
1884-1939, Vienna-born Psychoanalyst

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(78 votes)   The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

Lady Stella Reading

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(77 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

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(76 votes)   Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist

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(75 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
1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant

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

Golo Mann
1909-, German Historian, Son of Thomas Mann

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(69 votes)   If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

A. P. Gouthey

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(68 votes)   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 when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Margaret Thatcher
1925-, British Stateswoman, Prime Minister (1979-90)

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(65 votes)   My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

Marilyn Monroe
American Singer 1926-1962

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(64 votes)   Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(64 votes)   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.

John Winthrop
1588-1649, Puritan, First Governor of Massachusetts

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(63 votes)   Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author

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

George Fabricius
1678-1707, Irish Dramatist

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(60 votes)   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.

Alan Lakein
American Time Management Expert, Author, Trainer

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