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title: "7 Work Achieved Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/i-do-not-know-how-much-my-own-work-has-achieved-and-i-must-not/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

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> [After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/after-15-years-of-work-i-have-achieved-as-a-common-german-soldier-and/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/adolf-hitler-253_achieved_after-15-years-of-work-i-have-achieved-a_725486.jpg)

> [I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-godwin/i-believe-that-with-enough-practice-and-good-faith-you-can-learn-to/)

[Gail Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/gail-godwin-13566_believe_i-believe-that-with-enough-practice-and_860044.jpg)

> [No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/no-great-work-can-be-achieved-by-humbug-it-is-through-love-a-passion/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/swami-vivekananda-53_accomplished_no-great-work-can-be-achieved-by-humbug_1189119.jpg)

> [I read biographies of people I think have either done excellent work or achieved a lot, and the common theme seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cantlay/i-read-biographies-of-people-i-think-have-either-done-excellent-work/)

[Patrick Cantlay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cantlay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/patrick-cantlay-5855_done_i-read-biographies-of-people-i-think-hav_1352394.jpg)

> [I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/i-begin-to-understand-that-failure-is-its-own-reward-it-is-in-the/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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> [ “\[I\]n any profession the highest order of work is achieved, not by fussy empirical demands for 'something to be done,' but by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-whitehead/i-n-any-profession-the-highest-order-of-work-is-achieved-not-by-fussy/)

[Henry Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-whitehead/)

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