Accomplishment Quotes

“Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them and do it.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be

“Freedom in any moment is a product of two things: the autonomy you feel and the support for autonomy that the moment allows.”
― Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

“Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion.”
― Mollie Marti

“There is no such thing as a relationship without a contract. All relationships are governed by contracts, be they implied or explicit. Relationship contracts are not legal contracts, though sometimes societal expectations of relationships get worked into law (this can come into play in situations like divorce as well as the legal establishment and relinquishment of paternity).

The society in which you grew up provided you with a set of template contracts to which you implicitly agree whenever you enter a relationship, even a non-sexual one. For example, a common clause of many societal template contracts among friends involves agreeing to not sleep with a friend's recent ex. While you may never explicitly agree to not sleep with a friend's ex, your friend will absolutely feel violated if they discover that you shacked up with the person who dumped them just a week earlier.

Essentially, these social contracts tell an individual when they have “permission” to have specific emotional reactions. While this may not seem that impactful, these default standards can have a significant impact on one’s life. For example, in the above reaction, a friend who just got angry out of the blue at a member of their social group would be ostracized by others within the group while a friend who became angry while citing the “they slept with my ex” contract violation may receive social support from the friend group and internally feel more justified in their retaliatory action. To ferret out the contractual aspects of relationships in which you currently participate, think through something a member of that relationship might do that would have you feeling justifiably violated, even though they never explicitly agreed to never take such action.

This societal system of template contracts may have worked in a culturally and technologically homogenous world without frequent travel, but within the modern world, assumed template contracts cause copious problems.”
― Simone Collins, The Pragmatist's Guide to Relationships: Ruthlessly Optimized Strategies for Dating, Sex, and Marriage

“Imagine in vibrant detail your heart’s desire—a reality only you can envision, an adventure only you can direct.
Then cradle your creation. Caress it. Mold it. Coddle it until it comes to life.
And when your precious treasure grows so grand as to steal your breath away, set it free for all the world to experience. For that is how you live your dreams.”
― Richelle Goodrich, Eena, The Curse of Wanyaka Cave

“Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.”
― A. Lee Martinez, In the Company of Ogres

“No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don't begin you can't get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Don`t allow ignorance to further enslave your destiny.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“We must praise the Lord,” Patricius said. “His ways are sometimes unfathomable, but our aspiration has been granted.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Satisfaction in life doesn't jump on you, you work for it, you earn it. You will not sit in a place, fold your hands and expect to be satisfied with life.”
― Agu, Jaachynma N.E., The Best Option

“If all the world's a stage, I suggest you start performing at your best.”
― Rob Liano

“If thieves see us on the road, I think they’ll wait for more worthwhile victims.” Patricius smiled. He held out his hand to help a monk up from the ground. The monk’s bones were so thin that Patricius was scared to grip him tightly lest the bone crumble beneath his fingers. Their feet and shins looked like those of skeletons.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“We came in peace and we shall leave in peace,” Patricius determined. “At the moment the king and his tribe do not believe, but there may come a time when they think differently, and then it will be important that we have not lodged ourselves in their memories as equally wicked as themselves.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“You can actually recreate your world with the Word of the Creator in your mouth.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“Not every hen lay eggs. Not every hen that lays eggs gets them hatched. Not everyone born with greatness becomes as such. Go, hatch your eggs.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action.....no matter what. So you're afraid? Be afraid. Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway!”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable … If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Smile. Give Earth the biggest smile you've got. See every glimmer of light in the scariest, darkest sky. And when people think you're crazy, then you know you've accomplished something very few dare to try.”
― Lana M.H. Wilder

“No, síochán, we have come in peace and cairdeas, friendship.”
“Go hlfreann leat! To hell with you! You wish to put us under your spell!”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“SMALL THINGS
& GREAT

He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the great
undone behind him.”
― Piet Hein

“Cassie fumbled helplessly beneath the shade of the ancient oak, still searching for her second shoe.The first had been easy to find, having landed close to where she had kicked it off; and when her hand had finally encountered it, she clutched it to her breast in a gesture of smug triumph. For one brief moment, she felt a twinge of sympathy for the sighted people who would never experience such sweet victory from a task as simple as finding a shoe.”
― Melinda Cross

“Knowledge is very vital in life`s transformation and transition”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“Yes, all you need do is to change your orientation and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that He can make you whole, change your status, and add value to your destiny.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“There is really nothing you gain from being a pauper rather you loose every thing.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“You can only be fulfilled and accomplished in life when you effectively maximize yourself”
― Sunday Adelaja

“I believe that the Lord God has chosen me, to inflict pain upon me, so that I empathise with fellow men in need. Healthy men also see my pain and give thanks to the Lord that they are well. But I am strong, Patricius. It is better that this pain is inflicted upon myself than upon a weaker person.”
― Rowena Kinread, The Missionary

“Life will be a whole lot better if we understand what our salvation in Christ means.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“Win once, then repeat.”
― Aegelis