significant accomplishments Quotes

Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.

Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life.

I don't think there's ever been a president elected who, in this short period of time, has done what we've done.

When you accomplish something that is very special, it will stay forever.

We seem to be riding on the top of the highest mast of the tallest ship; and yet at the same time we know that nothing of this sort matters; love is not proved thus, nor great achievements completed thus; so that we sport with the moment and preen our feathers in it lightly.

Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

I wanted to make some of the really important things of my generation and some of the biggest.

Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today ... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.