Quotes About Accomplishment

Then they died. But they died as men who have finished their work and lie down quietly, secure in their honor.

At the least, they will say … this last thing … this I did right. You won't fail me. You'll rule now. You'll hate it, worse than I did … but you'll do well.

Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish.

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-lb. perch in my lake. (Answering a reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his Presidency.)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him! (said after capture of Saddam)

My brave fellows, you have done all what I asked you to, and more than could be reasonably expected.

Much of late modernity assumes that dependence on God is a mark of human immaturity and an obstacle to human freedom. The life of Karol Wojty?a and his accomplishment as Pope John Paul II suggest a dramatic, alternative possibility: that a man who has been seized and transformed by the "more excellent way" can bend the curve of history so that freedom's cause is advanced.

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Your morning thoughts may determine your conduct for the day. Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful. Face each day cheerfully, smilingly and courageously, and it will naturally follow that your work will be a real pleasure and progress will be a delightful accomplishment.

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they begin.

My parents told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done.

What a man accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he approaches his tasks. When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.

An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.

It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.

For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (i) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening.

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

To succeed is nothing-it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

The surest sign of fitness is success.

Servant of God, well done.

Excellence in any pursuit is the late, ripe fruit of toil.

It is abundantly clear that success tends to negate humility.

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2.) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening.