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• It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An casual remark or joke shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.

  Plutarch

  Real, Character, Men

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• Be generous with the credit for your achievements. The more other people feel that they are gaining from your success, the more they will continue to help and others will want to join in

  Octavius Black

  Business, People, Credit

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• I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. This is the sure way to win victories over inner defeat. It is the way a humble person meets life or death.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Believe, Humble, Positive Thinking

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• My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one of the reasons why I feel certain that of all my inventions, the Magnifying Transmitter will prove most important and valuable to future generations. I am prompted to this prediction not so much by thoughts of the commercial and industrial revolution which it will surely bring about, but of the humanitarian consequences of the many achievements it makes possible. Considerations of mere utility weigh little in the balance against the higher benefits of civilization.

  Nikola Tesla

  Hard Work, Sacrifice, Law

  Nikola Tesla (2016). “My Inventions: [Illustrated & Biography Added]”, p.79, eKitap Projesi

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• I find I'm luckier when I work harder.

  Denton Cooley

  Hard Work, Work Harder, Harder

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• What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform.

  John Eliot

  Inspirational, People, Mind

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.8, Diversion Books

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• What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside his/her own achievements.

  Radhanath Swami

  Heart, Humility, Sacrifice

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• It is a negative sort of achievement, she thinks, to have spent a life warding something off.

  Adam Haslett

  Depression, Thinking, Negative

  Adam Haslett (2002). “You are Not a Stranger Here”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

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• With all humility, I think, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Selfish, Humility, Eye

  Speech to the Bar Association of Boston. "Speeches". Book by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., p. 85, 1934.

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• Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Lying, Dark, Destiny

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (2009). “Looking Forward”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Boston, Kind, Accents

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality. I really, absolutely have been blown away.

  Dick Vitale

  Years, Personality, Television

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• My biggest achievement is that I can make a lot of people smile just by my presence, even if it's a Lux ad.

  Shahrukh Khan

  People, I Can, Ads

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• All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. If you're not clear about this, then write it down, and rewrite it until the words express precisely what you are after. Every disadvantage has an equivalent advantage - if you'll take the trouble to find it. Learn to do that and you'll kick the stuffing out of adversity every time.

  W. Clement Stone

  Time, Writing, Adversity

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• A mature artist is at the same time aware of the futility of his achievement and the validity of the pursuit.

  Jean Helion

  Artist, Mature, Awareness

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• People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach

  Marguerite de Navarre

  Kids, Hard Work, People

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• Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God.

  Walter Russell

  Inspiration, Humility, Secret

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• If we can't quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Communicate, Ifs, Values

  Mika Brzezinski (2012). “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth”, p.186, Weinstein Books

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• Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Adventure, Science, Past

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Adventures of Ideas”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

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• Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.

  John Eliot

  Happiness, Success, Confidence

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.148, Diversion Books

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• Genuine confidence is a way of thinking about yourself and your abilities. Confidence is your perception of your own potential; it's a kind of long-term thinking that powers you through the obstacles and tough times, helping you solve problems and putting you in the way of success. Your confidence is quite a separate matter from your social skills.

  John Eliot

  Confidence, Thinking About You, Way Of Thinking

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.139, Diversion Books

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• Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition.

  John Eliot

  Thinking, Effort, Habit

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.17, Diversion Books

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• Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary. Yet we are taught to admire the second-hander who dispenses gifts he has not produced above the man who made the gifts possible. We praise an act of charity. We shrug at an act of achievement.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Liberty, Needs

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.74, Penguin

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• When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Your Side, Luck

  Donald J. Trump, Bill Zanker (2007). “Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life”, HarperBus

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• The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from many others. It is now doubtful whether America can afford the luxury of such a waste of human resources.

  Kenneth Clark

  Luxury, America, Justice

  Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.61, Wesleyan University Press

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