#accomplishment

"One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment."

"If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.Love grows when people serve."

"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best."You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

"There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable."

"As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial."

"Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail."

"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act."

"Life will be a whole lot better if we understand what our salvation in Christ means."

"Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' goldAnd like the sky my soul is also turnin'Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind"

"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!"

"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it."

"Imagine in vibrant, wonderful 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."

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

"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."

"Integrity is a powerful force, keeping you alive to others long after you’ve left their presence."

"Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion."