Accomplishment Quotes - Page 11

• Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service.

  Peggy Noonan

  Way, Return, Needs

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• Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong, is also largely pneumatic - especially in the bigger birds. The beak, skull, feet, and all the other bones of a 25-pound pelican have been found to weigh but 23 ounces.

  Guy Murchie

  Strong, Skeletons, Skulls

  Guy Murchie (2016). “Song of the Sky”, p.220, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called attempts with unsuitable means.

  Georg Simmel

  Mean, Humanity, And Love

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• Don't let a grade decide your self-worth. Personally, in my opinion, someone should gauge their self-worth on what they've accomplished that makes them feel good... not in the hedonist aspect, but in the sense of personal accomplishment, as far as what they've accomplished for them, as far as their self-development and creativity is concerned.

  Brandon Boyd

  Creativity, Self Worth, Feel Good

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• Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Perseverance, Restless, Combat

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• Never confuse activity with accomplishment.

  John Wooden

  Hustle, Activity

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• There’s nothing better than excelling at a game you love. There’s nothing worse than thinking your accomplishments as a player outweigh your responsibilities as a person.

  Doug Flutie

  Responsibility, Player, Thinking

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• Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

  Pau Gasol

  Three, Playoffs, Consecutive

  "'I've Never, Ever Liked Elvis': an Interview with Laker Pau Gasol". Interview with Dan Gurle, bleacherreport.com. May 8, 2008.

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• My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I doubted the value of my accomplishments until the passing days sent someone who would extol or disparage them. But now I know that trees blossom in the spring and give their fruits in the summer without any desire for accolades. And they scatter their leaves abroad in the fall and denude themselves in the winter without fear of reproof.

  Khalil Gibran

  Summer, Spring, Fall

  "The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul". Book by Kahlil Gibran, translated by Juan R. I. Cole, 1994.

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• The impact of organizational health goes far beyond the walls of a company, extending to customers and vendors, even to spouses and children. It sends people to work in the morning with clarity, hope, and anticipation and brings them home at night with a greater sense of accomplishment, contribution, and self-esteem. The impact of this is as important as it is impossible to measure.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Morning, Children, Wall

  Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.193, John Wiley & Sons

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• We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common sense, but we anticipate the future with transcendental senses. In our sanest moments we find ourselves naturally expecting or prepared for far greater changes than any which we have experienced within the period of distinct memory, only to be paralleled by experiences which are forgotten.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Memories, Believe, Past

  Henry David Thoreau (1968). “Reflections at Walden: Selected Writings”

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• The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills and reading comprehension; an alarming increase of packaged language (cliches used in speeches, canned messages); and a general tendency to substitute visual media (especially television and video) for written language.

  Mihai Nadin

  Reading, Writing, Media

  Mihai Nadin (1997). “The Civilization of Illiteracy”, p.17, Dresden University Press

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• Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment.

  Zig Ziglar

  Goal, Links, Chains

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 28, 2014

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• While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster

  Benjamin Graham

  Wall, Investing, May

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• To achieve the highest accomplishments within the scope of our capabilities in all walks of life we must constantly strive to acquire strong, healthy bodies and develop our minds to the limits of our ability.

  Joseph Pilates

  Strong, Healthy, Mind

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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• Every great accomplishment starts with a first step. No matter how big your goals are. No matter how great your plans are. No matter how immense your dreams are. It all begins with a single step. Take that step today!

  Clifton Anderson

  Dream, Goal, Matter

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• Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (today’s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And they keep an eye on the future (five-day forecast). Honor your past accomplishments, live in the present moment, and look to the future.

  Clifton Anderson

  Eye, Past, Perspective

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• This is a really difficult question. Although I once thought that a dream and an accomplishment are the same thing, I've now changed my mind. A dream is not something you can just reach out to, so I've come to the conclusion that one can only achieve their dream by accomplishing something little by little.

  Bae Yong-joon

  Dream, Difficult Questions, Mind

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• In other words these children, by avoiding the early drill on combinations, tables, and that sort of thing, had been able, in one year, to attain the level of accomplishment which the traditionally taught children had reached after three and one-half years of arithmetical drill.

  Louis P. Benezet

  Education, Children, Years

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• My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.

  Martin Sheen

  Recovery, Addiction, Drug

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• The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer. . .

  Harry Gordon Johnson

  Lying, Suits, Bartender

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• My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.

  Tamara Ecclestone

  Father, Men, Self

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• Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.

  Curtis Joseph

  Winning, Thinking, Important

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• Working in the garden . . . gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. Nothing here is in a hurry. There is no rush toward accomplishment, no blowing of trumpets. Here is the great mystery of life and growth. Everything is changing, growing, aiming at something, but silently, unboastfully, taking its time.

  Ruth Stout

  Garden, Giving, Profound

  Ruth Stout (1987). “How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening”, Fireside

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• In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants or wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the constitution, established universal religious freedom, invented a new system of warfare, marched an army from Canada to Brazil, and opened roads of commerce in a free-trade zone that stretched across the continents.

  Jack Weatherford

  Religious, Determination, Army

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