Quotes on Great Achievement

Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the Greek philosophers, and the discovery of the possibility to find out causal relationships by systematic experiment (during the Renaissance). In my opinion, one has not to be astonished that the Chinese sages have not made these steps. The astonishing thing is that these discoveries were made at all.

One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in a sense, the key to molecular biology because it shows how the great polymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language, are linked together.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.