Definition of Achievement
Achievement
The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.
A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
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Achievement Quotations
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Winston Churchill
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Maya Angelou
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
C. S. Lewis
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Napoleon Hill
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
Theodore Roosevelt
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Nelson Mandela
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Napoleon Hill
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Napoleon Hill
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Achievement Translations
achievement in Italian is lavoro, realizzazione
achievement in Latin is adeptio, factum
achievement in Spanish is acabamiento, potencia, logro
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