It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing…

— Steve Martin

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and…

— Guy Murchie

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

— Che Guevara

One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and…

— Brian Tracy

For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take…

— Mike Aquilina

I'm not always right, but I learn from my mistakes and make it a productive experience

— Carson Kolhoff

Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched…

— Billy Graham

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

— Ronald Reagan

Research is the live heart of the scientific life ... Greatness of position, respect for past accomplishments, the Nobel Prize itself -- none of…

— Vivian Gornick

“One man accomplishment Is another mans failure.”

— Anthony Sargent

I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in…

— Stephanie Land

Our purpose on this earth is not one single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing…

— Cynthia Hand

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

— James Mattis