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- My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'
- Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993)
- Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
- Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
- If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb
- First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
- Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.
- Daniel H. Burnham (1846 - 1912)
- It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
- Italian Proverb
- Slight not what's near, while aiming at what's far.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), 'Rhesus'
- Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- He who would leap high must take a long run.
- Danish Proverb
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