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Accomplishment Quotes


"A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race."


"Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison."


"Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments."


"Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act."


"I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments."


"My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you."


"Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over."


"If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment."


"There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence."


"I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves."


"Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities."


"For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual."


"Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment."


"Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference."


"Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me."


"But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough."


"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."


"In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish."


"The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all."


"The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled."


"As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along."


"The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever."


"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you."


"I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment."


"Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment."


"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."


"I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments."


"The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow."


"The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more."


"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you."


"Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing."


"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."


"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."


"Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline."


"I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician."


"One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety."


"Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment."


"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."
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