Inspirational Achievement Quotes

• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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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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• Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  "The Law of Success". Book by Napoleon Hill, 1928.

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• Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.144, Lulu.com

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• Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Napoleon Hill (2016). “Napoleon Hill's Keys to Personal Achievement: An Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation”, p.88, Sound Wisdom

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• For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Letter to Theo van Gogh from The Hague, www.webexhibits.org. October 22, 1882.

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• Well done is better than well said.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill (Chapter 2: You Can Change Your World), 1960.

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• I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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

  Charles Kettering

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teacher

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• Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 17, 1960.

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• Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

  William James

  Running, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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• Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

  Saul Alinsky

  Mean, Creativity, New Beginnings

  Saul Alinsky (2016). “Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals: from Rules for Radicals”, p.5, Vintage

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• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 09, 2014

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• Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

  George Washington Carver

  New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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• Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Death

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• Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit.

  Mark Twain

  Worthwhile Things, Accomplishment, Achievement

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• Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

  Marva Collins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• It's amazing what you can accomplish if you simply refuse to quit.

  Porter Stansberry

  Moving Slowly, Accomplishment, Presidential

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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