Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. Votes: 5
Jack NicklausHigh achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Votes: 4
Charles KetteringGreat achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Votes: 4
Napoleon HillEven a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Votes: 4
Henry FordOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Votes: 4
Helen KellerAchievement is the entirety of little deliberations, rehashed all the live long day. Votes: 3
Robert CollierAchievement without fulfillment "High achievement without fulfillment is a broken way of life." Votes: 3
Al DuncanLife never gives more than partial liberation. Achievement can never be more than fragmentary. Votes: 3
Janusz KorczakI'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches. Votes: 3
Michael CaineThe 2 master skills of life are: The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment. Votes: 3
Tony RobbinsIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Votes: 3
Harry S. TrumanThat some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Votes: 3
Abraham LincolnThere is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Votes: 3
Paulo CoelhoAchievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up. Votes: 3
William FeatherSpectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. Votes: 1
Robert H. SchullerHappiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 1
Franklin D. RooseveltIf you're going to go to the next level, your values are going to have to change! Votes: 1
Eric ThomasMy most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. Votes: 1
Winston ChurchillGreat achievement requires personal force, determined spirit and self-confidence. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaThe quality of the article should be its greatest achievement. Votes: 0
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron DewarI've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible Votes: 0
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Sexually,Woman is Nature's contrivance for perpetuating its highest achievement. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawEffective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work. Votes: 0
Tom PetersIt is certain that most who concentrate upon achievement miss life. Votes: 0
Michael Joseph OakeshottAmbition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater! Votes: 0
Orison Swett MardenThere is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. Votes: 0
William H. HastieUse missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement. Votes: 0
Susan L. TaylorLeadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people. Votes: 0
Brian TracyDedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement. Votes: 0
Nick WoodmanTrue motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. Votes: 0
Frederick HerzbergHappiness is not merely money, which is fun for effort and achievement Votes: 0
Franklin D. RooseveltWe have seen that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated. Votes: 0
Lewis TermanThe nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives. Votes: 0
Henry A. KissingerEconomic freedom is ... an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom. Votes: 0
Milton Friedman...evolution propels itself by an inclination toward its next probable achievement." ("Desire") Votes: 0
William S. WilsonLimitation of aims is the mother of wisdom and the secret of achievement. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMemory is each man's own last measure, and for some, the only achievement. Votes: 0
William Least Heat-MoonWords of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Votes: 0
Wilferd PetersonThe story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsPeople seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. Votes: 0
Katharine Anthonybut very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. Votes: 0
George EliotNever miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement. Votes: 0
Lyndon B. JohnsonWe have killed our souls with comfort instead of seeking fulfillment and achievement. Votes: 0
Dean KarnazesThere's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy. Votes: 0
AeschylusGoals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency. Votes: 0
Denzel WashingtonDissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement. Votes: 0
John HopeEvery great human achievement is preceeded by extended periods of dedicated, concentrated effort. Votes: 0
Brian TracyDemocracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyMan has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement. Votes: 0
Robert VaughnThe greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others. Votes: 0
Janet JacksonEvery great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions. Votes: 0
Dale T. MortensenThe victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity. Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaIf you believe, then you have already taken the first step towards your achievement. Votes: 0
Rickson GracieLiving for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives. Votes: 0
Rick WarrenThe hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark. Votes: 0
Daniel J. BoorstinContentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord. Votes: 0
Paul HendersonStarting and profitably running a business is not just some achievement, it is heroism. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriTo be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellThere is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence. Votes: 0
Michelle ObamaThe higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement. Votes: 0
James S. ColemanHe only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciHelping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible. Votes: 0
Charles StanleyDo you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Votes: 0
Ayn RandI don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isâ¦the higher achievement. Votes: 0
Lois McMaster BujoldWe need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work. Votes: 0
Erik PaulsenHappiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Votes: 0
Ayn RandThe more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GilbertLemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations. Votes: 0
Andrew SarrisTime is inelastic and inflexible. Time is indispensable. No achievement is possible without time. Votes: 0
Brian TracyAll significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure. Votes: 0
Sydney J. HarrisTo play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way. Votes: 0
Gustav EjstesAs a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. Votes: 0
Joseph ConradThe secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThere is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. Votes: 0
J. G. HollandI arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me. Votes: 0
Zane Grey...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him. Votes: 0
John G. KemenyCreating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. Votes: 0
Bill WattersonThe major concrete achievement of the women's movement of the 1970's was the Dutch treat. Votes: 0
Nora EphronMastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheThe highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players Votes: 0
Jack RamsayYou, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerTo watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement. Votes: 0
Sally FieldA virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough. Votes: 0
Alain de BottonThere is always joy in achieving ,but the greater satisfaction lies in sharing the achievement. Votes: 0
Kipchoge KeinoDisagreement is a rare achievement, and most of what is called disagreement is simply confusion. Votes: 0
John Courtney MurrayKnowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind. Votes: 0
Will DurantPeriods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadPraise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonPeriods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. Votes: 0
George SantayanaProductive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause. Votes: 0
Nathaniel BrandenThe art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece. Votes: 0
Wilferd PetersonAll truth is an achievement. If you would have truth at its value, go with it. Votes: 0
Thornton T. MungerTo get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. Votes: 0
Brendan BehanIt is your own habits of thinking which give you mastery in any field of achievement Votes: 0
David WolfeGoals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down! Votes: 0
Brian TracyGive a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. Votes: 0
EuripidesNo one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. Votes: 0
Tony RobbinsI'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get. Votes: 0
Donald O'ConnorIt isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement. Votes: 0
Abraham MaslowBut all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. Votes: 0
Thomas Haden ChurchMusic to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. Votes: 0
Henry RollinsThe virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. Votes: 0
A.J. CroninIf your goals are ambitious and crazy enough, even failure will be a pretty good achievement. Votes: 0
Laszlo BockI don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate. Votes: 0
Michael EisnerI don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate, Votes: 0
Michael EisnerThe greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA. Votes: 0
Lewis ThomasThe film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself. Votes: 0
Martin BashirOptimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. Votes: 0
Nicholas Murray ButlerOptimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. Votes: 0
Nicholas M. ButlerThe day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement. Votes: 0
Andrew SarrisTo LOVE without condition, to SMILE without reason, and to SERVE without end... THIS is achievement Votes: 0
Neil PatelMinds, unlike brains, are not entirely given at birth. Minds are also forms of cultural achievement. Votes: 0
Elliot W. EisnerThe thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records. Votes: 0
Richard ThompsonThe fact that you are free is not your achievement, but rather a failure on our side. Votes: 0
Felix DzerzhinskyMy most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me Votes: 0
Winston S. ChurchillThe only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community. Votes: 0
Gary CooperChess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. Votes: 0
Max EuweToday I will do one small task that will contribute toward the achievement of a life goal. Votes: 0
Kitt WeagantNever give in to the obstacles that lie in your path towards the achievement of your dreams. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaLove, as life, is a journey. Finding true love for the ever after is an amazing achievement. Votes: 0
Fadi HattendorfIt is a negative sort of achievement, she thinks, to have spent a life warding something off. Votes: 0
Adam HaslettYears ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome. Votes: 0
Garrison KeillorIt's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy. Votes: 0
Darren HardyThe decisions that you make each day can actually catapult you to that next level of achievement. Votes: 0
Robert G. AllenNever sacrifice happiness for the sake of achievement. The real key to life is to happily achieve Votes: 0
Robin SharmaAs we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud. Votes: 0
David TrimbleThe world, I think, will wait a long time for Nikola Tesla's equal in achievement and imagination. Votes: 0
Edwin Howard ArmstrongOnly in North America is it regarded as a major achievement to speak one language moderately well. Votes: 0
Dick PoundI'm not interested in athletics, I'm only interested in achievement. Fix your goal and work for it. Votes: 0
Percy CeruttyLet us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonIf there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms. Votes: 0
Alex LifesonWriting out your goals is the first action in a chain of many on the road to achievement. Votes: 0
John Patrick HickeyI attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement Votes: 0
OvidI feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. Votes: 0
Saul BellowI attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement. Votes: 0
OvidFrom the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline. Votes: 0
Max SchmelingTo be able to live each day with honor, respect and dignity is the greatest achievement of all. Votes: 0
RoopleenOne of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home. Votes: 0
Tony DanzaThere is no such thing as spiritual achievement; it is simply an awareness intrinsic to all of life. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellSuccess is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals Votes: 0
Spencer W. KimballIf you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement. Votes: 0
Abdul KalamA habit is good if it helps you achieve your goal; it is bad if it hinders your achievement. Votes: 0
Douglas MerrillMission is at the heart of what you do as a team. Goals are merely steps to its achievement. Votes: 0
Patrick DixonYou have a feeling of achievement when you discover a new plant, even a plant that has no use. Votes: 0
Richard Evans SchultesThe Lord has made us to be creative, and the sense of achievement will help to lift our spirits. Votes: 0
Shirley CorderThere is only one way to success, wealth and achievement and that is through a lot of hard work. Votes: 0
John Patrick HickeySuccess in your life is not a single achievement. It's all that you do with others and for others Votes: 0
Phil HardingTo be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that. Votes: 0
Olly MursI don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement. Votes: 0
Idris ElbaArt " the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised Votes: 0
James ThurberProving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me. Votes: 0
Sheena EastonJust as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations. Votes: 2 Peter Blair Henry
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Votes: 3 Benjamin Franklin
It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer. Votes: 1 Orison Swett Marden
Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. Votes: 6 Sheryl Sandberg
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. Votes: 3 Florence Scovel Shinn
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior. Votes: 3 J. Philippe Rushton
We have to imagine our dreams becoming reality. We must keep pursuing them and reaching beyond for future achievements. We never stop dreaming as long as we imagine. Votes: 3 Ellen J. Barrier
A key ingredient to achieving your goals is to make sure your goals are totally congruent with who you are as a person. Your head and hearts desire must match. It's such an important step in goal achievement and if we miss it, we can end up travelling a long way down the wrong path! Votes: 3 Rachael Bermingham
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Votes: 4 Napoleon Hill
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. Votes: 2 James Allen
Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves â about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them. Votes: 3 Benjamin Hoff
George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person commission investigating rules of war violation in the Gaza Strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a Lifetime Achievement Award. Votes: 5 Tina Fey
Commercial institutions, proud of their achievements, do not see that healthy living systems - clean air and water, healthy soil, stable climates - are integral to a functioning economy. As our living systems deteriorate, traditional forecasting and business economics become the equivalent of house rules on a sinking cruise ship. Votes: 1 Paul Hawken
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. Votes: 2 Bo Bennett
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. Votes: 3 W. Clement Stone
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. Votes: 1 James S. Coleman
All we know is that the school achievement, IQ test score, and emotional and social development of working mothers' children are every bit as good as that of children whose mothers do not work. Votes: 3 Sandra Scarr
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. Votes: 7 Bill Gates