Achievement Quotes - Page 40

• America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Country, Odds

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• A habit is good if it helps you achieve your goal; it is bad if it hinders your achievement.

  Douglas Merrill

  Goal, Helping, Habit

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• Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way.

  Ralph Marston

  Integrity, Commitment, Excellence

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• Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards.

  Martha Stewart

  Standards, Embarrassed, Accomplish

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• A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.

  Arnold Bennett

  True Friend, Likes, Accomplish

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• The Montreal Protocol is a model of cooperation. It is a product of the recognition and international consensus that ozone depletion is a global problem, both in terms of its causes and its effects. The protocol is the result of an extraordinary process of scientific study, negotiations among representatives of the business and environmental communities, and international diplomacy. It is a monumental achievement.

  Ronald Reagan

  Ozone, Community, Environmental

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1990). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of achievement you desire.

  Napoleon Hill

  Self, Desire, May

  Napoleon Hill (1993). “Napoleon Hill's a Year of Growing Rich: 52 Steps to Achieving Life's Rewards”, p.77, Penguin

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• Just as there is no such thing as a collective or racial mind, so there is no such thing as a collective or racial achievement. There are only individual minds and individual achievements-an d a culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Intellectual, Deep Thought

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• A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Intellectual, Culture

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.130, Penguin

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• Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortu ne is not a mortgage on achievement-fai lure is not a mortgage on success-sufferi ng is not a claim check, and its relief is not the goal of existence-man is not a sacrificial animal on anyone’s altar nor for anyone’s cause-life is not one huge hospital.

  Ayn Rand

  Animal, Men, Goal

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• The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.

  Jeff Galloway

  Distance, Groups, Population

  Jeff Galloway (2000). “Marathon”

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• If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  World, Accomplish, Equal

  "Mandela's Way: Lessons in Life". Book by Richard Stengel, www.theguardian.com. 2009.

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• To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements and good fortune. This attitude is a powerful antidote against envy, which is not only a source of unnecessary suffering on the individual level but also an obstacle to our ability to reach out and engage with others.

  Dalai Lama

  Powerful, Attitude, Envy

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• Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action, Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge, Knowledge is structured in consciousness

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Thinking, Action, Consciousness

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• Therefore, for me, living true to my self may be defined as: Making the daily choices in all areas of my life that are in the best interests of my survival, evolution and prosperity, that aid the ongoing achievement of the highest physical, mental and spiritual objectives of which I am capable, that are based on the most correct assessment of reality I have available, and that honor the evolving truth of who I am and who I choose to be, all in the personal pursuit of freedom, function, fun, as well as the highest good of all.

  Walt F. J. Goodridge

  Spiritual, Fun, Reality

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• Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.

  C. S. Lewis

  Race, Silence, Mind

  C. S. Lewis (1996). “Perelandra”, Scribner

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• The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Hard Work, Adventure, Ideas

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• Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated.

  Martin Seligman

  Depression, News, Pessimism

  Martin Seligman (2011). “What You Can Change... and What You Can't”, p.17, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• This (scanning project) is our chance to one-up the Greeks! It is really possible with the technology of today, not tomorrow. We can provide all the works of humankind to all the people of the world. It will be an achievement remembered for all time, like putting a man on the moon.

  Brewster Kahle

  Education, Learning, Men

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• Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Mother, Encouragement, Son

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• We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.

  Helmut Schoeck

  Reflection, Envy, Atheism

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• The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present

  Robert Kennedy

  Future, Challenges, Generations

  Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy”

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• Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down!

  Brian Tracy

  Writing, Thinking, Goal

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jul 28, 2011

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• The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither. Toward what goal or achievement are we striving in life? This is the important question to ask ourselves.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Goal, Tragedy, Important

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• Fame due to the achievements of the mind never perishes.

  Propertius

  Mind, Fame, Dues

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