Achievement Quotes - Page 39

It is certain that most who concentrate upon achievement miss life.

You know you're old when you get a lifetime achievement award. It's a message you've been around too long.

...one of the first achievements of the legislature was to institute a ten-thousand-dollar agricultural fair to show off forty dollars' worth of pumpkins in - however, the Territorial legislature was usually spoken of as the "asylum".

There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of Elysium where criticism no longer wounds and work materializes without their effort.

When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.

If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.

I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.

With massive doses of eye-popping special effects I applaud the visual achievements in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.'

My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.

Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.

It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty...an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft.

Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.

I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." That's so tricky to me.

There is no such thing as failure; everything is just a stepping stone to a greater lesson or achievement. I have found that to be absolutely true. My so-called failures have been some of my greatest learning tools. I just make sure to fail up. I'm not afraid to fall on my face while I attempt new things.

The word gap leads to an achievement gap and has life-long consequences

Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even more.

The great achievement of liberal Protestantism was to make God boring.

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

When you are so obsessed with identity politics it's not healthy because you're constantly worried about how you're perceived as opposed to your achievements. Once your identity becomes your achievement then you run into serious problems.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.