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Achievement

«If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice»
Author: David Seabury | About: Achievement, Doing Your Best | Keywords: at once, task, twice
«It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.»
«Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.»
Author: Louise Bogan (Critic, Poet) | About: Achievement, Innocence | Keywords: innocence
«In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom»
«It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world»
Author: William Cobbett | About: Achievement, Misery, World | Keywords: attempting, leap
«If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.»
«It is easier to stay out than get out.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Achievement | Keywords: easier, get out, stay
«If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.»
«It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.»
Author: George Santayana (Humanist, Philosopher, Poet) | About: Achievement | Keywords: urged
«Its easier to stay out than get out»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Achievement | Keywords: get out, stay