#accomplishment

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

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A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ↗

— Charles Lindbergh

#accomplishments #behind #fade #i #life

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#america #because #came #clothes #community

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#grand #meaningful #small #stand #way

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#billionaire #eat #got #i #make

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#along #came #did #had #i

I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#choice #contribute #daughter #five #fully

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#ahead #anything #beyond #concepts #emerges

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#anything #blood #cold #created #ever