Accomplish Quotes - Page 14

• It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we could not.

  Dominique Moceanu

  Believe, Gymnastics, Opportunity

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• The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

  Ernest Hello

  Success, Giving Up, Moving

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• The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good. The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. So far I have been able to accomplish that, and I believe I have gotten quite a reputation from not kicking at peculiar assignments.

  George S. Patton

  Believe, Army, Done

  Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. "The Patton Papers 1940-1945". Book by Martin Blumenson, p. 242, 1996.

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• Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure that would accomplish so much to promote law and order?

  Milton Friedman

  Order, Law, Alcohol

  Milton Friedman (1972). “An economist's protest: columns in political economy”

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• When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Regret, Helping Others, Wish

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.64, Harmony

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• The means for maintaining perfect love is to accomplish frequent acts of love. Fire is kindled by the wood we cast into it and love is enkindled by acts of love.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Mean, Love Is, Fire

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• The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to it's limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Effort, Mind, Body

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• Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.

  Evita Peron

  Inspirational, Fanaticism

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• There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, America, Hopeful

  "Bush Renews Faith-Based Agenda Push". www.foxnews.com. June 01, 2004.

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• I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Numbers, Littles, Sake

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.879, Penguin

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• I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.

  Jose Rizal

  Believe, Government, People

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• A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

  George R. R. Martin

  Sometimes, Lord

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.566, Bantam

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• We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Reality, Numbers, Reason

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• It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

  Garth Stein

  Thinking, Our World, Champion

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.69, Macmillan

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• I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

  Malcolm X

  Mother, Brother, Nice

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.17, Ballantine Books

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• Money is really worth no more than as it can be used to accomplish the Lord's work. Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service.

  George Muller

  Life Is, Lord, Used

  George Muller (1996). “The Autobiography of George Muller”, p.92, Whitaker House

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• Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place.

  Iain Banks

  Mean, Self, Common Sense

  "Consider Phlebas (The Culture, Book 1)". Book by Iain Banks (Chapter 4 "Temple of Light", p. 96), 1987.

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• Yes, yes, mistress, I shall go and accomplish your task. Only—I was not only sent to kill the Leucrotta. There is a maiden in a tower—" At this the Witch spat, again rolling her marvelous eyes. "Those revolting creatures are always getting themselves locked up. If only they would stay that way.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Eye, Mistress, Rolling

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• I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.

  Marcus Luttrell

  Military, Fighting, Enemy

  Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (2010). “Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege”, p.134, Hachette UK

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• Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew.

  Terry Goodkind

  Memories, Live Life, Past

  "The Pillars of Creation". Book by Terry Goodkind, 2001.

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• Did you accomplish anything in your meeting with Kynan and Arik?” Limos, looking proud of herself, bobbed her head excitedly. “I broke Arik’s ribs.” Reaver exhaled on a deep sigh. “Anything else?

  Larissa Ione

  Ribs, Limos, Proud

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• You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You can’t go anywhere, forward or back. But I’m not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead.

  Haruki Murakami

  Moving, Who I Am, Imagine

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• The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything

  Cassandra Clare

  Alternatives, Doing Nothing, Seems

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined as "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence. It sets a high, seemingly impossible, expectation for performance and human behavior.

  Atul Gawande

  People, Accomplishment, Expectations

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