Quotes and Sayings About Accomplishment
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Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.
-- A. Lee MartinezSource : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.119, Macmillan
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All change begins with a DECISION. Once the decision is made, DISCIPLINE becomes the bridge between desire and accomplishment.
-- A. R. BernardSource : Twitter post from Jun 11, 2013
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.
-- Abby SunderlandSource : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc
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You should feel good about yourself because of your accomplishments. Not because somebody yelled at you to feel good about yourself.
-- Adam Carolla -
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Whatever sense of professional competence we feel in adult life is less the sum of accomplishment than the absence of impossibility: it's really our relief at no longer having to do things we were never good at doing in the first place - relief at never again having to dissect a frog or memorize the periodic table.
-- Adam Gopnik -
Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.
-- Albert Bandura -
It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing.
-- Albert EllisSource : David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”
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If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.
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Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted without conditions that helps people develop a healthy confidence in themselves, a belief that it's safe to take risks and try new things.
-- Alfie KohnSource : Alfie Kohn (2011). “Feel-bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling”, p.109, Beacon Press
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In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original objective, they knew now that somehow they had done much, much more than ever they set out to do.
-- Alfred LansingSource : Alfred Lansing (2015). “Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage”, p.342, Basic Books
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Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.
-- Ali VincentSource : Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.154, Rodale
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Where did we get the idea of insultin' folks by pointin' out their age? ... It seems that we think youth is some special accomplishment brought about by the individual himself!
-- Alice Childress -
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No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
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You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!
-- Aly RaismanSource : "Aly Raisman's Tips For Going After What You Want" by Macey Hall, www.seventeen.com. May 23, 2013.
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I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.
-- Amy Hempel -
The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.
-- Amy Poehler -
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My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.
-- Andie MacDowellSource : "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.
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As long as you can walk the street and you know there's a tomorrow, there's always that chance. That's how I've always been. I've always had complete belief that I would make something out of myself again, because to me, it's always been about accomplishment.
-- Andrew Dice ClaySource : Source: collider.com
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I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.
-- Andrew W.K.Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
-- Andy Stanley -
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We are not these bodies; we're neither our accomplishments nor our possessions—we are all one with the Source of all being, which is God.
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To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.
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I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core.
-- Anne M. Mulcahy -
Aren't they all heroes-our cats who train us, keep us and put up with us? For these accomplishments alone, they deserve medals.
-- Arnold Hano -
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I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Perhaps it’s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are what’s important in life.
-- Aron Ralston -
Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose.
-- Art Linkletter -
Jealousy, in spite of the mad frenzy of its most splendid displays, is a vice of weakness; it arises from a mind whose aspirations and desires are inferior to its accomplishments; it is the child of baulked vanity and failure of courage.
-- Arthur Alfred Lynch -
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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
-- Arthur AsheSource : "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.
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Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to use all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment.
-- Arthur Conan Doyle