Where the establishment emphasized humility, prudence, lineage, meritocracy celebrates ambition, achievement, brains&self-betterment Votes: 0
Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted. Votes: 0
Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement? Votes: 0
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth. Votes: 0
All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution. Votes: 0
Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is. Votes: 0
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them. Votes: 0
The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction. Votes: 0
Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all. Votes: 0
Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health. Votes: 0
What determines how much time and deliberate practice a child is willing to devote to achievement? Nothing less than her character. Votes: 0
For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement. Votes: 0
The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow. Votes: 0
The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement. Votes: 0
You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement. Votes: 0
All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite. Votes: 0
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. Votes: 0
As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations. Votes: 0
Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement. Votes: 0
I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement. Votes: 0
My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain. Votes: 0
Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set. Votes: 0
[D-Day] means to me a beginning of the freedom of Europe. The freedom was the achievement of the military adversaries of the Germans. Votes: 0
We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at us. Votes: 0
It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer. Votes: 0
For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career. Votes: 0
Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped. Votes: 0
I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games. Votes: 0
Last time I was in Canada Celine Dion had just given birth to identical twins. Which is quite an achievement given her age and face. Votes: 0
I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along. Votes: 0
I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement. Votes: 0
I'm not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found. Votes: 0