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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.
Sep 10, 2025
God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human race from self-destruction, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to salvage and redeem them. The work of man's redemption was accomplished at the cross.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.
Don't put a limit on what can be accomplished.
No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.
I'm not the most accomplished of writers out there, but I feel that I quite effective all the same.
I believe that if we have lived our lives fully and well, and have accomplished, at least in part, the things we were put here to do, we will be prepared - mentally, physically and spiritually - for our separation from this world.
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity.
I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.
Man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.
There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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.
I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
My greatest day is yet to come. Of all the things that I've accomplished, my greatest day is yet to come. But it will never come if I don't pursue it.
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
I would think I'd accomplished it all if I could get to play Quasimodo.
In prayer, more is accomplished by listening than by talking.
Looking back on my achievements, it is fair to say that I am extremely proud of what I have done and accomplished so far.
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.
An accomplished man to his fingertips.
Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's heart; but death is a splendid thing -a warfare accomplished, a beginning all over again, a triumph. You can always see that in their faces.
Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.
I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any.
I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle.
I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.
What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.
A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.
The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.
It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.
My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.
I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.
Repression is good for cultural achievement. Let's face it. What are gay boys going to be like? I always like to say the 19th-century gay boy was Oscar Wilde, the 20th-century gay boy was Stonewall and ACT UP. And in the 21st century, we have blocking people on Grindr. That's what we've accomplished. Without some kind of traction.
With the myriad of new Bible translations on the market today, few stand out. The ESV is one of the few, and surpasses the others in its simple yet elegant style. In many respects the ESV has accomplished in the 21st century what the KJV accomplished in the 17th: a trustworthy, literary Bible that is suitable for daily reading, memorizing, and preaching.