The fierce ambitions of Carver Dana Andrews, son of a Baptist preacher, might well have been imagined by Horatio Alger, Jr.-- or… — Marion Meade Copy Share Image
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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
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To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Envy of the male role can come as much from an undervaluation of the role of wife and mother as from an… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
All parents want their offspring to be exemplars of virtue and achievement and happiness. But most of all, we want desperately for… — Estelle Ramey Copy Share Image
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man… — Mike Mentzer Copy Share Image
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
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You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Korean American Day is an incredible opportunity to join together and celebrate the lasting impact of Korean American culture, history, and achievement. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
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There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next.… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
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I want my sheer work to to speak for my talent and it will be quite an achievement, I believe, if producers… — Sanam Saeed Copy Share Image
There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
We cannot step aside and say that we have achieved our goal by inventing a new drug or a new way by… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Obama has had two raging successes in his term: He has slashed unemployment by persuading millions to give up hope and leave… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know… — Bernice Rubens Copy Share Image
I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Although logging workouts seems to be a very simple action, it is often forgotten. Once several days go by, it is hard… — Xeno Muller Copy Share Image
The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
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“I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk… — Ville Valo Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image