Achievement Quotes - Page 21

• Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Greatness, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.456

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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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• We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

  Fredrik Bajer

  Two, Effort, Adults

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• Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling.

  Iain Banks

  Exercise, Skills, Feelings

  Iain M. Banks (2008). “The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel”, p.10, Hachette UK

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• You have the potential to become anything to which you set your mind. You have a mind and a body and a spirit. With these three working together, you can walk the high road that leads to achievement and happiness. But this will require effort and sacrifice and faith.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Sacrifice, Effort, Mind

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• There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work...But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Dream, Work, Reality

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• The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Sports, Hero, Men

  Daniel J. Boorstin (2012). “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America”, p.61, Vintage

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• The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. Is the Life-Force the greatest achievement of wishful thinking the world has yet seen?

  C. S. Lewis

  Thinking, Cost, World

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “Mere Christianity”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.

  Karl Barth

  Art, Atheist, Thinking

  "A Karl Barth Reader".

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• Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.

  Eric Hoffer

  Nature, Men, Goal

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• The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Hero, Media, People

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• But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength to find the means for reaching the goal and for translating it into deeds.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Mean, Science

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

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

  Denton Cooley

  Hard Work, Work Harder, Harder

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• Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative
  exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know that I want to settle there. I prefer the
  creative spur of exile. () But wherever I am I shall be Jewish, and that sound will
  inform every syllable I write. I am blessed with a long ancestry of wisdom, prophecy,
  and promise, a line of overwhelming creative achievements, courage, humor, and,
  above all, a dogged and chronic permanence, the greatest legacy of all.

  Bernice Rubens

  Blessed, Home, Writing

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• By and large, the Healing Dream is not the defender of our waking goals-material achievement, perfect romance, a modest niche in history-but an advocate-general for the soul, whose aims may be diametrically different... The nourishment of the dreamworld is a reciprocal affair: as we provide for it, it provides for us.

  Marc Ian Barasch

  Dream, Healing, Perfect

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• We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering in our way of achievement.

  H. G. Wells

  Hurt, War, Want

  H.G. Wells (1921). “The Outline of History”

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• A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.

  Louis Kronenberger

  Wisdom, Responsibility, Intelligence

  Louis Kronenberger (1964). “The cart and the horse”

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• Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.

  Pindar

  Success, Effort, Strive

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• The achievement of high universal literacy is the key to all other fundamental improvements in American education.

  E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

  Keys, Fundamentals, Improvement

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• I know that unremitting attention to business is the price of success, but I don't know what success is.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Success, Attention, Knows

  Charles Dudley Warner (1872). “Back-log studies and My summer in a garden”, p.10

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• The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Success, Knowing, Long

  "Pensées Diverses". Book by Baron de Montesquieu,

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• It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.

  David Millar

  Romantic, Fighting, Winning

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• With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Confidence, Dream

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Oct 07, 2014

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• Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

  Christian Lous Lange

  Spiritual, Art, Character

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• A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable of bringing this country to a point where it will have no security at all.

  George F. Kennan

  Country, Thinking, Risk

  "The Illusion of Total Security". Radcliffe Commencement Address on June 16, 1954. The Atlantic Monthly, No.194, August 1954.

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