#achieve

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. ↗

— Xun Zi

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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. ↗

— Les Brown

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People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve. ↗

— Herman Cain

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You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer. ↗

— Nick Cannon

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Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes. ↗

— Jose Canseco

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I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#built #i #life #memories #much

I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

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