Jim Valvano on accomplishment
Jim Valvano49 quotes“Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.”
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano It’s so important to know where you are.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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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
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much.
Francis CrickFrancis Crick Man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
Ray KrocRay Kroc It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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