Great Achievement Quotes

• Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart, Achievement, Victory

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• The starting point of all achievement is desire.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.142, Penguin

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  Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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• The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

  Jan Peter Balkenende

  War, Europe, Achievement

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• The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.

  Milton Friedman

  Running, Government, Self

  "The Phil Donahue Show", www.youtube.com. 1979.

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• Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Design, Owing

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• And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.

  Florenz Ziegfeld

  Achievement, Add, May

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• New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us.

  Marc Garneau

  Technology, Safety, Achievement

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• I've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Achievement, Impossible, I've Learned

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• It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

  Joseph Conrad

  Blessed, Fog, Achievement

  1915 Victory, author's note.

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• Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

  Napoleon Hill

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.273, Penguin

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• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Buddhist

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• One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

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  To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  "Become a Conscious Creator: A Return to Self-Empowerment". Book by Lisa Ford, 2007.

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  You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Life, Motivational, Inspiring

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.15, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Encouraging, Encouragement

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• High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

  Charles Kettering

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teacher

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• To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

  Leonard Bernstein

  Time, Stress, Humor

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• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

  Dale Carnegie

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

  Conrad Hilton

  Life, Motivational, Success

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  Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Positive, Positivity, Expectations

  Jack Nicklaus (1998). “Jack Nicklaus: My Story”, Simon & Schuster

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