Quotes about Accomplishment

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

To do something is in every man's power.

Purpose is when you know and understand what you were born to accomplish. Vision is when you see it in your mind and begin to imagine it

Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.

This is the context in which the story must be understood—as one incident in human history, an incident in certain ways and to certain people important, but only one incident. God is the God of human history, and He is at work continuously, mysteriously, accomplishing His eternal purposes in us, through us, for us, and in spite of us.

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

Success is when you're seduced into thinking that your joy and satisfaction are not here but there--somewhere in the future, at some moment when you accomplish X or you win Y. Success can never get enough. It makes your head spin, because you get that thing you were desperately working for, for all those years, and when you get it, you realize that it isn't what you thought it was.