Achievement quotes
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"We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting."
"Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal."
"I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me."
"My whole academic career was totally out of Jewish anxiety, and issues surrounding achievement and adequacy."
"I witness with pleasure the supreme achievement of memory, which is the masterly use it makes of innate harmonies when gathering to its fold the suspended and wandering tonalities of the past."
"Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned."
"The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records."
"Potential unexpressed turns to pain."
"Focus is more valuable than IQ."
"Life is short. Be of use."
"Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance."
"Education is inoculation against disruption."
"Clarity breeds mastery."
"A problem is only a problem when viewed as a problem. All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."
"Sometimes, we just don't know enough about what we are trying to achieve."
"Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement."
"I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement"
"Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy their lives as well as their talent. The fatal flaws of Elvis, Judy, and Marilyn register much higher on our national applause meter than their living achievements. In Amerca, talent is merely a tool for becoming famous in life so you can become more famous in death - where all are equal."
"They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit."
"We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent into insipid misdoing and shabby achievement."
