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Letter "A" » Achievement
«Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances»
Author: Bruce Barton
(Congressman)
| About:
Achievement,
Belief
| Keywords:
achieved, circumstances, dared, except, inside, splendid, superior
«Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.»
Author: Eric Butterworth
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
accomplishment, muscle, obstacle, strengthening
«Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.»
Author: Ethel Barrymore
| About:
Achievement,
Doubt,
Failure
| Keywords:
achievements, doubts, groped, grope for, groping, speak for, track
«Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.»
Author: Nicholas Murray Butler
| About:
Achievement,
Courage,
Optimism,
Progress
| Keywords:
foundation, optimism, The Foundation
«No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
achievements, bear witness, convince, shortcoming, shortcomings, transgressions, witness
«Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.»
«Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Achievement,
Self-esteem
| Keywords:
accomplishment, builds, esteem, self confidence, self esteem
«No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?»
Author: Elbert Hubbard
| About:
Achievement,
Family
| Keywords:
accomplished, done for, Have You, look back
«Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Achievement,
Beauty,
Glory,
Humanity,
Knowledge,
Truth,
Virtue
| Keywords:
abided, abide by, Abide With Me, abiding, glory, on paper, paper
«None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
accomplish, alone, anything, commanding, ever, excellent, except, excepted, heard, him, listens, listen in, none, The Whisper, whisper
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