#accomplishment

As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial. ↗

— Criss Jami

#aristotle #awesomeness #consistency #excellence #habit

One of the best legislative accomplishments I've had here on an international basis and on saving lives is the bill we did against human trafficking. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#against #basis #best #bill #did

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#always #being #being busy #busy #does

I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#his #i #i think #jim #lot

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#acquire #animal #become #god #himself

My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system. ↗

— Park Geun-hye

#brought #country #criticized #democratization #dictator

If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#bites #congress #hard #hard work #horse

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. ↗

— Herodotus

#give #knowledge #lustre #many #may

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#breaks #capable #energy #imagination #into

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#character #great #high #moral #moral character