Achievement

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You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Recognition Achievement Success Self-worth

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

What really matters Recognition Achievement Success Meaning of life

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Topic

Passion Achievement Success

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Circles Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Happiness Wealth Achievement Hard work

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1933, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, March 4, 1933." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

Don't confuse honors with achievement.

Zadie Smith

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Topic

Achievement Recognition

Author

Zadie Smith

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Smith, Zadie. "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/22/zadie-smith-rules-for-writers.

Thus to be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in science. Great achievement is assured, however, of subsequent recognition and grateful acceptance by public opinion, which in due course will make it one of its own prejudices.

G.W.F. Hegel

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Topic

Thinking outside the box Innovation Achievement Success Public opinion

Author

G.W.F. Hegel

Source

Philosophy of Right

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts [Fundamentals of the Philosophy of Law]. c. 1820, sect. 318.

Current Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Outlines of the Philosophy of Right, translated by T. M. Knox. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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.

William Osler

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Topic

Achievement Progress

Speaker

William Osler

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Osler, William. Quoted in The Life of Sir William Osler, written by Harvey Cushing. Vol. 1, Clarendon Press, 1925, ch. 24.