#accomplishment

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment. ↗

— Pau Gasol

#consecutive #great #making #playoffs #seasons

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments. ↗

— Edmond H. Fischer

#enjoy #here #i #luck #most

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#although #career #gold #gold medal #great

Your behavior is the sum total of your action and reaction to issues and people around you. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

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. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#achievement #apparent #apparent failure #been #before

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician. ↗

— Tony Williams

#another #another way #been #composing #expressing

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#accomplishment #anything #biggest #coaching #determination

It is never late, you can start the movement now, the provisions have been made, the price has been paid and the gifts have been packaged. Are you willing to change? ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

The road of life is paved with daily successes, a great number of them penny and nickle triumphs. Sadly, these little feats are often seen as worthless - even failures - because we dream of greater gain. Our greed keeps us focused on a gleaming pot of gold waiting at the end of some elusive rainbow. And, despairing a big loss, we fail to see the value in small achievements. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#disappointment #failure #improvement #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Cassie fumbled helplessly beneath the shade of the ancient oak, still searching for her second shoe.The first had been easy to find, having landed close to where she had kicked it off; and when her hand had finally encountered it, she clutched it to her breast in a gesture of smug triumph. For one brief moment, she felt a twinge of sympathy for the sighted people who would never experience such sweet victory from a task as simple as finding a shoe. ↗

— Melinda Cross

#blind #darkness #eyes #find #life