"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."
-David Bailey

"Great things are not done by impulse, but
by a series of small things brought together."
-Vincent Van Gogh

"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."
-Confucius

"Let us, then, be up and doing,
with a heart for any fate;
still achieving, still pursuing,
learn to labor and to wait."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"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."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Trust yourself.
Create the kind of self
that you will be happy
to live with all your life.
Make the most of yourself
by fanning the tiny,
inner sparks of possibility
into flames of achievement."
-Foster C. Mcclellan

"When science, art, literature, and philosophy
are simply the manifestation of personality
they are on a level where glorious
and dazzling achievements are possible,
which can make a man's name
live for thousands of years...
but above this level, far above."
-Simone Weil

"Four steps to achievement:
Plan purposefully.
Prepare prayerfully.
Proceed positively.
Pursue persistently."
-William A. Ward

"Haunted from my early youth
by the transitoriness and pathos of life,
I was aware that it is not enough to say
"I am doing no harm,"
I ought to be testing myself daily, and
asking myself what I am really achieving."
-Margot Asquith

"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