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«Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.»
Author: John Wooden | About: Ability | Keywords: accomplished, measure
«Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.»
«Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.»
Author: Warren G. Bennis | About: Belief, Talent | Keywords: accomplished, talented
«All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.»
«All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.»
Author: Orison Swett Marden | About: Goals | Keywords: accomplished, aim, fixed, gaze, seemed
«Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.»
«Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.»
«A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.»
«Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.»
«An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself»