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Quotes About Achievement

Well done," Fireheart meowed. "You fought like a warrior.
~ Erin Hunter
One down," Snowfur puffed. "More to go.
~ Erin Hunter
I am successful because of my brains and my guts, put together, and I don't need some fancy-ass degree from a bunch of sweater-vest-wearing pricks who haven't gotten laid since Bush Senior was president... Do you know who studies sociology? People who would rather observe life than live it.
~ Erin McCarthy
To reach your goal, remember that courage is the only antidote for danger.
~ Erle Stanley Gardner
For det er prestasjonene som gjør det, det er det at vi skal være så flinke som gjør det, at jeg skal være så flink, at jeg skal være den flinkeste og den beste på mitt område, at vi alle vil være den beste, at vi vil prestere og være flinke, og når vi har vært flinke lenge, blir vi trøtte og får bare lyst til å sove.
~ Erlend Loe
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.
~ Erma Bombeck
Canek dijo: —Nunca te enorgullezcas de los frutos de tu inteligencia. Sólo eres dueño del esfuerzo que pusiste en su cultivo; de lo que logra, nada más eres un espectador. La inteligencia es como una flecha: una vez que se aleja del arco, ya no la gobierna nadie. Su vuelo depende de tu fuerza, pero también del viento y, ¿por qué no decirlo?, del destino que camina detrás de ella.
~ Ermilo Abreu Gómez
The relative difficulty is the difficulty of a challenge relative to the player's power to meet that challenge.
~ Ernest Adams
I was having the best game of my life. This was it. I could feel it. Everything was finally falling in to place. I had the glow.
~ Ernest Cline
I'm a gamer, Zack. Like you. When I find myself confronted with a puzzle, I can't help but try to solve it.
~ Ernest Cline
Parzival 110,000 highscore
~ Ernest Cline
I knew Armada was only a videogame, but I'd never been one of the "best of the best" at anything before, and my accomplishment gave me a real sense of pride.
~ Ernest Cline
We were at the edge of space. The boundary I'd dreamed of crossing my entire life. I'd never really believed I'd get the chance to do it during my lifetime—let alone today, when I should've been in my first-period civics class.
~ Ernest Cline
Now, thanks to the ONI, I could. And I did.
~ Ernest Cline
That's because most gunters are male, and they can't accept the idea that a woman has beaten and/or outsmarted them.
~ Ernest Cline
And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level. A level that you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing. Because the game that is your life still isn't over yet. And there's no telling how far you might be able to get, what you might discover, or who you might meet when you get there.
~ Ernest Cline
The farther I went, the more confident I became.
~ Ernest Cline
I reminded myself that I was a man of science, even if I did usually get a C in it.
~ Ernest Cline
But I refused to give up. Until an avatar reached Halliday's Easter egg, anything was still possible. Like any classic videogame, the Hunt had simply reached a new, more difficult level. A new level often required an entirely new strategy. I began to formulate a plan. A bold, outrageous plan that would require epic amounts of luck to pull off.
~ Ernest Cline
get your hands on all this moolah?
~ Ernest Cline
Over a forty-two-year period.
~ Ernest Cline
Like any classic videogame, the Hunt had simply reached a new, more difficult level. A new level often required an entirely new strategy. I
~ Ernest Cline
And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level.
~ Ernest Cline
Three hidden keys open three secret gates Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits And those with the skill to survive these straits Will reach The End where the prize awaits
~ Ernest Cline