Accomplishment Quotes
Man always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reason
Douglas Noel Adams
You can have anything you want--if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose
William Adams
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite
Edward Albee
There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people
Jan Ashford
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace
Saint Augustine
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements
Pearl Bailey
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense
Thomas Arnold Bennett
The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed
William John Bennett
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them
Warren G. Bennis
If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia
Hans Albrecht Bethe
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
Josh Billings
Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to perservere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it
Dr. Joyce
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
Arnold Toynbee
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment
Norman Vincent Peale
