Achievement Quotes - Page 17

Freely the subject makes himself what he is, never in this life is the making finished, always it is in process, always it is a precarious achievement that can slip and fall and shatter.

The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.

The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong.

To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.

Outer achievements should be expressions of inner abundance, not compensation for inner poverty.

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

You have a feeling of achievement when you discover a new plant, even a plant that has no use.

It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor.

The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement

Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.

Ryanair's biggest achievement? Bringing low fares to Europe and still lowering em. Biggest failure? Hiring me.

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.

What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.

The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.

Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.

Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. Here, the achievements of Asian Americans are used to discipline African Americans. As model minorities, Asian Americans achieved the status of “honorary Whites”. Again it is important to point out that the honorary whiteness of Asian Americans was granted at the expense of Blacks. It is also significant that as “honorary Whites,” Asian Americans do not have the actual privileges associated with “real” whiteness.

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.