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• The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Inspirational, Determination, Work

  "Mindfulness" edited by Ellen J. Langer, (p. 133), 1989.

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• It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

  Maya Angelou

  Hope, Honesty, Integrity

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• For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.

  Neil Armstrong

  Moon, Simple, Night

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• I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Real, Guy

  "George W. Bush Reluctantly Re-Enters the Spotlight" by Mary Dooe, www.cbsnews.com. October 22, 2010.

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• If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

  Chris Evert

  Winning, Tennis, Way

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• In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

  Michael Lewis

  Mother, Children, Japan

  Michael Lewis (1995). “Shame: The Exposed Self”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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• Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison.

  James Forrestal

  Russia, Poison, World

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• The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.

  Wynonna Judd

  Mean, Awards, People

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• Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment.

  Jordan Knight

  Winning, Records, Form

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• Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  Children, Behinds, Left

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• Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

  Dorothy Height

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Perseverance

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• Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

  Mitch Albom

  Letting Go, Mother, Children

  Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.77, Hachette UK

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• Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  Nicholas Murray Butler (1951). “Commencement Addresses”

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• We're more than just our job titles or our list of professional accomplishments.

  Arianna Huffington

  Jobs, Titles, Lists

  "Arianna Huffington on Redefining Success, Creating Balance and Making Good Decisions". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I will only ever be drawn to people who suffer from that special and fertile anguish called self-doubt, or the thirst for the ideal, and desire for the soul's mystical fire. Self-satisfaction because of some material accomplishment will never be for me. The truly great are those who quest for better spiritual selves.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Spiritual, Fire, Self

  Isabelle Eberhardt (2003). “The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

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• I want my daughter to have the choice not just to succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Choices, Want

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• Because we are denied knowledge of our history, we are deprived of standing upon each other's shoulders and building upon each other's hard earned accomplishments. Instead we are condemned to repeat what others have done before us and thus we continually reinvent the wheel. The goal of The Dinner Party is to break this cycle.

  Judy Chicago

  Party, Goal, Done

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas they should be taught theologically, or with reference to the Being who is the author of them: for all the principles of science are of divine origin. Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles: he can only discover them; and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author.

  Thomas Paine

  Philosophy, School, Men

  Thomas Paine (1859). “The Theological Works ...: The Most Complete Ed. Ever Pub”, p.196

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• I might be too strung out on compliments, overdosed on confidence/ Started not to give a f- and stop fearing the consequence/ Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments.

  Drake

  Drinking, Night, Giving

  "Song: "Headlines" ("Take Care")". August 9, 2011.

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• In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight that has made Machiavelli so feared, admired, and challenging. It is why we are drawn to him still.

  Michael A. Ledeen

  Order, Evil, Leader

  Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five Centuries Ago”, p.90, Macmillan

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• A daily creative project is like a marathon. It's a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you've erected for yourself). You'll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process.

  Noah Scalin

  Creativity, Giving, Creative

  Noah Scalin (2016). “365 Expanded Edition: A Daily Creativity Journal”, p.3, Voyageur Press (MN)

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• The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in the pupils a species of atheism. Instead of looking through the works of creation to the Creator himself, they stop short, and employ the knowledge they acquire to create doubts of his existence. They labour with studied ingenuity to ascribe every thing they behold to innate properties of matter, and jump over all the rest by saying, that matter is eternal.

  Thomas Paine

  Philosophy, Teaching, School

  Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.197

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• The Conversation about women’s bodies exists largely outside of us, while it is also directed at and marketed to us, and used to define and control us. The Conversation about women happens everywhere, publicly and privately. We are described and detailed, our faces and bodies analyzed and picked apart, our worth ascertained and ascribed based on the reduction of personhood to simple physical objectification. Our voices, our personhood, our potential, and our accomplishments are regularly minimized and muted.

  Ashley Judd

  Simple, Voice, Objectification

  "Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her ‘Puffy’ Appearance". www.thedailybeast.com. April 09, 2012.

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• As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.

  Newt Gingrich

  Names, White, America

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