#achievements

It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France. ↗

— David Millar

#death #doping #failure #inspirational #life

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#college #getting #greatest #high #high school

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#achievements #asking #envisaged #had #him

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#achievements #call #claim #experiments #failures

More than specific memories of achievements, for me I remember the feeling you get when you were just at your very best - when you felt like you were floating across the court and could put the ball wherever you wanted. ↗

— Guy Forget

#across #ball #best #could #court

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#all night #another #catching #done #hear

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#accept #achievements #actions #credit #must

One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro dictatorship. ↗

— Lincoln Diaz-Balart

#am #castro #dictatorship #embargo #i

Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#activities #canadian #canadians #continue #future

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#acknowledge #amazing #embarrassed #great #great nation