#achievement

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible. ↗

— William Faulkner

#failure #dreams

It was possible in this wonderful city for that nameless little boy -for any of its millions- to have a decent chance to scale the walls and achieve what they wished. Wealth, rank or an imposing name counted for nothing. The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from. ↗

— Moss Hart

#dreaming #new-york #dreams

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ↗

— Helen Keller

#achievement #confidence #done #faith #hope

Believers are achievers, therefore believe and achieve! • Believe that you are responsible for your own accomplishments God deposited in you! • Believe that success is not luck; it is the result a deliberate effort to do a hard work! • Believe that prayer works through faith and action! • Believe that great people took great steps. Weak people took weak steps! • Believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#achievements #achievers #believe #believe-and-achieve #believe-in-yourself

Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#imagination

While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world for nearly thirty years. I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination." (from "The Third and Final Continent") ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#moon #imagination

I have learned to be kinder to myself, to imagine that I am my own best friend, whispering comforting words in my ear and drowning out the voices of Self-Doubt and Self-Criticism. I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn’t. ↗

— Roz Savage

#best-friends #criticism #kindness #self-doubt #imagination

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#imagination #inspiration #just-do-it #imagination

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#patience #virtue #inspirational

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#adversity #easy #effort #envy #lives