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"I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns."
"If the Almighty in his mercy allows us to settle peace among the christian leaders, we shall press on not only to destroy completely the bad seeds, but also to expand the territories of Christ, and, supported by these achievements, we shall go forward, with God favouring his own purposes, to the most holy expedition against the infidels, the desire for which is deeply fixed in our heart."
"What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform."
"In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage."
"Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort."
"If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious."
"The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present"
"The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is possible that all the distinctive achievements of the species can be traced to that one genetic change."
"Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people."
"The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness."
"Big achievements come one small advantage at a time, one step at a time, one day at time."
"Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters."
"The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
"In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important."
"You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal."
"Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life."
"Let me... remind you that it is only by working with an energy which is almost superhuman and which looks to uninterested spectators like insanity that we can accomplish anything worth the achievement. Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God."
"My complaint with Dr Singh is that he sometimes does not highlight his achievements enough."
"There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice."
"It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others."
