Great Achievement Quotes
78 quotes by 67 authors
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I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going back to the…
— Buzz Aldrin
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All great achievements require time.
— Maya Angelou
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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even…
— Elbert Hubbard
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...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
— Leo Tolstoy
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The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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No great achievement is possible without persistent work.
— Bertrand Russell
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Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.
— Charles Spurgeon
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Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.
— Robert K. Greenleaf
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The reproaches against science for not having yet solved the problems of the universe are exaggerated in an unjust and malicious manner; it has truly…
— Sigmund Freud
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That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It…
— Arthur David Ritchie
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There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
— J. G. Holland
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We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.…
— George Matthew Adams
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We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds…
— Rose Philippine Duchesne
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Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance.
— Robin Sharma
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement.…
— B.F. Skinner
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Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial…
— Garry Wills
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You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.
— Napoleon Hill
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I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see…
— Joe Biden
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Gonna Be One Of The Great Achievements Of This Administration
— Joe Biden
Who Wrote These Great Achievement Quotes
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