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For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. (Ant Adam)
We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. (Ant Adam)
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. (Ant Adam)
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. (Ant Adam)
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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. (Ant Adam)
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. (Ant Adam)
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. (Ant Adam)
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. (Ant Adam)
There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it. (Ant Adam)
Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart. (Ant Adam)
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. (Ant Adam)
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. (Ant Adam)
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. (Ant Adam)
Death comes to all But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. (Ant Adam)
The only way around is through. (Ant Adam)
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. (Ant Adam)
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. (Ant Adam)
If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy. (Ant Adam)
We will either find a way, or make one. (Ant Adam)
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. (Ant Adam)
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. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success. (Ant Adam)
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. (Ant Adam)
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of (Ant Adam)
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort. (Ant Adam)
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve. (Ant Adam)
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