"The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more."
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."Comment
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"We have achieved the most amazing things, a few million people opening up half a continent. But we have not yet found a Canadian soul except in time of war." (On lack of national identity)Comment
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"Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love."Comment
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.Comment
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"With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today. ... we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see."Comment
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"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results."Comment
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"Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-ideaed individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas."Comment
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"To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought."Comment
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"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get."Comment
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"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."Comment
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"Happiness...it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.Comment
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"It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or the doer of deeds could have them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the Arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but he who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great devotion; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory nor defeat."Comment
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to he man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew niether victory nor defeat."Comment
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"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best."Comment
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"Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority."Comment
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Blank "It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the past rather than the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young."Comment
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"What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight."Comment
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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."Comment
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"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."Comment
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"Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity."Comment
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"Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."Comment
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"Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success."Comment
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"You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright: you are the window through which you must see the world."Comment
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"Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing."Comment
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"Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."Comment
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"If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."Comment
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"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."Comment
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"One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to."Comment
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"It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up."Comment
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"The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement in a manner that would be amusingly absurd were it not so monstrously unjust and socially harmful."Comment
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"The salvation of the lost is not best accomplished by great popular campaigns, conducted by a small minority of specialists in public evangelism, but by the godly, honest witness of believers individually. It is pure irresponsibility to leave the evangelization of the lost to the 'experts,' as many are doing today. God would have every believer do his part to win the lost to Christ by prayer, personal witness and sincere godliness."Comment
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"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."Comment
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"Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past."Comment
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"The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had."Comment
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"Success is achieved and maintained by those who TRY, And keep TRYING. Where there is nothing to lose by TRYING, And a great deal to gain if SUCCESSFUL, By all means, TRY. DO IT NOW!"Comment
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"People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved."Comment
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"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose--not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."Comment
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"The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become."Comment
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"Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement."Comment
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