Quotes about accomplishment
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“For though Duncan was a mere mortal, flawed as well, he'd accomplished a daring feat. Aye, he'd captured an angel. And she belonged to him.”

Julie Garwood (1946) American writer

Source: Honor's Splendour

Angels

“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Variant: To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”

Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet

“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”

Larry Bird (1956) basketball player and coach

God

“You must know that you are worth much to me whether you accomplish anything or not. Even if you are rejected in the world's eyes, you are valuable to me.”

Stormie Omartian (1942) American writer

Source: Stormie: A Story of Forgiveness and Healing

World

“To be, in a word, unborable…. It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish”

David Foster Wallace book The Pale King

Source: The Pale King

Life

“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Hope

“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.”

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)

Life, Feeling, Success, Future

“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist

Back To Work, Joy, Happiness

“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Attributed to William Blake by Michael J. Gelb in Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius https://books.google.nl/books?id=lCsNBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Creativity+on+Demand:+How+to+Ignite+and+Sustain+the+Fire+of+Genius%22&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjolMyvm6TLAhVDLQ8KHechDoIQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20myself%20do%20nothing.%20The%20Holy%20Spirit%20accomplishes%20all%20through%20me%22&f=false (2014), but cannot be retrieved in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, xxii. <br class="br">Attributed

“Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection.”

Lois McMaster Bujold book Mirror Dance

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Mirror Dance (1994)

Perfection

“Workaholics don't actually accomplish more than nonworkaholics. They may claim to be perfectionists, but that just mean they're wasting time fixating on inconsequential details instead of moving on to the next task.”

David Heinemeier Hansson (1979) programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby of Rails, 2012-2016 World Endurance Championship driver

Source: Rework

Time

“For man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.”

John Steinbeck book The Grapes of Wrath

Source: The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Universe

“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.”

Joni Eareckson Tada (1949) American artist

Source: The God I Love

Faith, Love, God, Hate

“Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for”

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)

Source: My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

“If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

For Parents, Children, Feeling, Parent

“but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.”

David Sedaris book Me Talk Pretty One Day

Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day

Business

“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

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

(From an introductory speech at a session of the Académie Française, December 24, 1896)”

Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer

Source: Works of Anatole France

Dreams

“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”

Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire

Source: Soul of the Fire

Reality, Effort

“Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person."

"I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition." Sarissa said.

"It is today.”

Jim Butcher book Cold Days

Source: Cold Days

Personality

“It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure.”

Chuck Klosterman (1972) Author, Columnist

Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains

People, Failure

“Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.”

Anita Desai (1937) Indian novelist

Books, Hope, Disappointment, Feeling

“There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

Source: The Time Keeper

Joy, Summer

“… well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment?”

Diana Gabaldon book The Fiery Cross

Source: The Fiery Cross

Women

“Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.”

Holly Black (1971) American children's fiction writer

Source: Ironside

Coffee

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”

Les Brown (1945) American politician

Hunger, Dreams

“When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Hope, Hope, Feeling, Sense

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Motivational, Deep, Success, Inspirational

“I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

Pleasure, Thinking

“I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.”

Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor

Source: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

Learning, Evil

“Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Change

“Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments. Though we fall short, our labour is not lost if this day surpasses the preceding one.”

John Calvin (1509–1564) French Protestant reformer

Page 23.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)

Way, Despair

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

Graduation

“Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Pearls of Wisdom

Patience

“Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer

“The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

World

“He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous”

Sherman Alexie book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting people to exceed what they had just accomplished; it was simply feeling so complete.”

John Irving book A Widow for One Year

Source: A Widow for One Year

Love, Life, People, Feeling

“If your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough.”

Wes Jackson (1936) American botanist

Life, Thinking

“So I have. Let me hold the baby, Scarlett. Oh, I know how to hold babies. I have many strange accomplishments. Well, he certainly looks like Frank. All except the whiskers, but give him time.”

“I hope not. It’s a girl.”

Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) American author and journalist

Source: Gone With the Wind

Hope, Girl, Time, Baby

“Now I can addto my list of life's accomplishments.”

Augusten Burroughs book Running with Scissors

Source: Running with Scissors

Life

“He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.”

Paul Theroux (1941) American travel writer and novelist

Madness

“At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23).”

Denzel Washington (1954) actor, screenwriter, director, producer

Source: A Hand to Guide Me

“Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Pearls of Wisdom

Fools, Intelligence, Heart

“I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

Love

“Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.”

Max Brooks book World War Z

Source: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Imagination

“The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.”

Judith McNaught book A Kingdom of Dreams

Source: A Kingdom of Dreams

Wedding, Smile

“I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.”

Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead

Source: The Fountainhead

Feeling

“Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Truth, Victory, Sincerity

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”

Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)

This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed

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