Achievement Quotes
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and ought to be a hero.
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.
Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health.
Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous.
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.
No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it. Because the only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.
I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still
You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.
I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.
It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunitty should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual. - Drizzt Do'Urden
If technology does not liberate all people for the pursuit of higher aspirations in human achievement, then all its technical potential will be meaningless.
I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three.
To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.
