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I don't feel like what I've done are 'accomplishments.'

Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.

For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.

I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.