There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped towards new ends.

Arthur C. Clarke
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  1. A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence. - Mandy Hale

  2. When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you. - Shannon L. Alder

  3. Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain. - Tom Hiddleston

  5. Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived. - Eleanor Roosevelt

More Quotes By Arthur C. Clarke
  1. Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

  2. I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

  3. A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

  4. But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

  5. Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.

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