#achievement

It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France. ↗

— David Millar

#death #doping #failure #inspirational #life

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#college #getting #greatest #high #high school

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#conquer #enemy #enlightened #foreknowledge #general

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#achieve #achievement #course #desires #develop

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#greatest #greatest achievement #human #human spirit #live

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#been #before #century #lot #make

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#all night #another #catching #done #hear

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#creative #mankind #periods #prolific #seldom

Never mistake activity for achievement. ↗

— John Wooden

#activity #mistake #never

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#course #decency #golf #golf course #honesty