#achieve

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. (From an introductory speech at a session of the Académie Française, December 24, 1896) ↗

— Anatole France

#aspirations #belief #dreams #dreams

Success works as a cycle - growth and contraction, balancing and unbalancing - all while you're encountering hurdles that get higher and higher over time. ↗

— Julien Smith

#achieving-dreams #balance #growth #higher-living #hurdles

I try all things, I achieve what I can. ↗

— Herman Melville

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We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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I have struck out more times than I can count, but I have hit many home runs as well". ~R. Alan Woods {2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#failures #r-alan-woods #home

We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good. ↗

— Amish Tripathi

#greatness #inspirational-quotes #inspirational

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

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