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 . . . ACHIEVEMENT see: "ACCOMPLISHMENT" see: "DEEDS" see: "SUCCESS" for other related links I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. --Douglas Adams (1952—2001) English comic radio dramatist and author. _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ [1979] We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. --Aristotle (384—322 B.C.) Greek philosopher. _Nicomachean Ethics_ [c. 350 B.C.] That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. --Neil Armstrong (b. 1930) American astronaut. When stepping onto the moon, in "New York Times" [21 July 1969]; interference in the transmission obliterated _a_ between "for" and "man." Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. --Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860—1937) Scottish writer and dramatist. _What Every Woman Knows_, act IV [1908] Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? --Robert Browning (1812—1889) English poet. _Andrea del Sarto_, l. 97 [1855] He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find, The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. --Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron] (1788—1824) English Romantic poet and satirist. _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_, Canto III [1816], Stanza 45 I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by proper culture, care, attention and labor, make himself whatever he pleases, except a great poet. --Lord Chesterfield [Philip Dormer Stanhope] (1694—1773) British writer and politician. Letter to his son [9 October 1746]. You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed. --Frederick Douglass [Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey] (c.1818—1895) American abolitionist, reformer, and writer. _Life and Times of Frederick Douglass_ [1881], as quoted in Dorothy Winbush Riley _My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget_ [1993]. Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. --Albert Einstein (1879—1955) German-American physicist. _Out Of My Later Years_ [1950] I have now for more than a year, I believe, ceased to write in my journal, in which I formerly wrote almost daily. I see few intellectual persons, and even those to no purpose, and sometimes believe that I have no new thoughts, and that my life is quite at an end. But the magnet that lies in my drawer, for years, may believe it has no magnetism, and, on touching it with steel, it knows the old virtue; and, this morning, came by a man with knowledge and interests like mine, in his head, and suddenly I had thoughts again. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) American philosopher and poet. _Journal_ [April 1859] If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. --French proverb To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. --Kahlil Gibran (1883—1931) Lebanese poet. Quoted in Anthony Ferris (ed. & trans.) _Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran_, p. 35 [1963]. The starting point of all achievement is desire. --Napoleon Hill (1883—1970) American journalist, lawyer, and author of self-help books. _Think and Grow Rich_ [1937] There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. --Eric Hoffer (1902—1983) American longshoreman, philosopher, and author who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1982. _The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms_ [1955] If you want work well done, select a busy man — the other kind has no time. --Elbert Hubbard (1859—1915) American editor, publisher, and author who died in the sinking of the "Lusitania." _The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard_, comp., Elbert Hubbard II [1927] Those who believe they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something. --Aldous Huxley (1894—1963) English novelist (Grandson of T.H. Huxley.) _Proper Studies_ [1927] "Note on Dogma" It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. In James Boswell _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791]. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. --Robert F. Kennedy (1925—1968) American Democratic politician. Speech to the National Union of South African students [7 June 1966]. Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. --attributed to Charles F. Kettering (1876—1958) American inventor. Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. --attributed to Doug Larson (1902—1981) American journalist. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807—1882) American poet. _Kavanagh: A Tale_, ch. I [1849] There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations; they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon. --John Stuart Mill (1806—1873) English philosopher and social reformer. _On Liberty_ [1859] Ch. 3, "Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being" The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition. --Dwight Morrow (1873—1931) American lawyer, banker, and diplomat. Quoted in Mary Margaret McBride _The Story of Dwight W. Morrow_ [1930]. If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. --Sir Isaac Newton (1642—1727) English mathematician and physicist. Letter to Robert Hooke [5 February 1676]. Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature — subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. [...] The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. --Sir William Osler (1849—1919) Canadian-born physician. Address at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. [22 February 1905]. Empty pockets never held anyone back. It's only empty heads and empty hearts that do it. --Norman Vincent Peale (1898—1993) American preacher and author. _Enthusiasm Makes the Difference_ [1985] Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people. --attributed to Nido Qubein (b. 1948) Lebanon-born American motivational speaker. The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible is that which takes a little longer. --George Santayana (1863—1952) Spanish-born philosopher and critic. Quoted in "Reader's Digest" [November 1939]. When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a moment longer, *never give up then* — for that is just the place and time that the tide 'll turn. --Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811—1896) American writer and philanthropist. [Sister of Henry Ward Beecher, daughter of Lyman Beecher.] _Old Town Folks_, ch. XXXIX [1869] "Last Days in Cloudland" Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It is not a day when you lounge around doing nothing: it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. --attributed to Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925) British conservative stateswoman and Prime Minister [1979—1990]. If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. --attributed to William Arthur Ward (1921—1994) American college administrator and author. I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. --Earl Warren (1891—1974) American jurist, the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court [1953—1969]. Quoted in "Sports Illustrated" [22 July 1968]. Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you. --Stewart E White (1873—1946) American author. "The Santa Fe Magazine", vol. 31 [1936] - There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree — you can climb it or you can sit on an acorn. --anon. ----- ne plus ultra nee-plus-UL-truh; noun: The highest point, as of excellence or achievement; the acme; the pinnacle; the ultimate.  . . see: "CREDIT (ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)" see: "KINDNESS" for other related links see: "RECOGNITION" The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another's existence. --attributed to Sue Atchley Ebaugh The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. --Edgar Watson Howe (1854—1937) American journalist and author. _Ventures in Common Sense_ [1919] The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. In James Boswell _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ (entry of 1780) [1791]. Though I've belted you an' flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! --Rudyard Kipling (1865—1936) English writer and poet. "Gunga Din" st. 5 [1892] There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. --Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC—65 A.D.) Roman philosopher and poet. Attributed in Tryon Edwards _A Dictionary of Thoughts_, p. 206 [1891]. Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song. --Rabindranath Tagore (1861—1941) Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, and painter who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. _Fireflies_, v. 14 [1928]  ACQUAINTANCE . . see: "FRIENDS / FRIENDSHIP" see: "NEIGHBORS" It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion. --Francis Bacon (1561—1626) English philosopher and essayist. _Essays_ [1625] "Of Followers and Friends" Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. --Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914) American newspaperman, wit, and satirist. _The Cynic's Word Book_ [1906] (Retitled in 1911 as _The Devil's Dictionary_.) If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. 1755 remark to Sir Joshua Reynolds, quoted in James Boswell _Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791]. end page | ABILITY - ABUSE | ACADEMY AWARDS - ACCUSATION | ACHIEVEMENT - ACQUAINTANCE | ACTION/S | ACTORS / ACTING | ACTUARIES - ADVERSARIES | ADVERSITY - ADVERTISING | ADVICE | AFFAIRS - AFGHANISTAN | AGE | AGNOSTICS - AIRPLANES | ALCOHOL | ALIBI - AMBITION | AMERICA PAGE 1 (A-M) | AMERICA PAGE 2 (N-Z) | AMERICANS | AMERICAN INDIANS | AMERICAN REVOLUTION | AMUSEMENT - ANCESTORS | ANGER | ANIMAL RIGHTS - ANIMALS | ANIMOSITIES - APATHY | APOLOGY & APPEARANCE | APPEASEMENT | APPLAUSE - APRIL | ARCHAEOLOGISTS - ARCHITECTURE | ARGUMENT | ARISTOCRACY - ART | ASHAMED - ASTROLOGY | ATHEISM | ATOM BOMB - ATTRACTION | AUSTRALIA | AUTHORITY - AUTOMOBILES | AUTUMN - AWARENESS | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The Reviews | |
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