The years up to the age of 40 are Capricorn's apprenticeship years, when you get to know love. Life. Letters. The world.… — Saeed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see… — Eustace Budgell 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
I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. What is necessary are people like Karajan, [fellow recording producer John] Culshaw… — Walter Legge Copy Share Image
I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only… — Ian Poulter Copy Share Image
The way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I… — John Hume Copy Share Image
You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more… — Joan Armatrading Copy Share Image
“...no matter how much Theo achieves and acquires and out-dazzles everyone else, she never seems content. She's taught you that people who… — Nikki Gemmell Copy Share Image
I never did pageants as a kid, but when I got into high school, I did a couple that were tied to… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Great performers require a measure of confidence that would strike many as absurd, unfounded, and downright irrational. They believe in themselves utterly,… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
“Any nation that does not learn to place women on the same pedestal of respect and dignity as men, will never in… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too… — Jack Newfield Copy Share Image
I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will… — Nel Noddings Copy Share Image
When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It is in the practice of giving we learn, grow, and expand our perspectives, which proves that real achievements come out of… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
My greatest achievement would be my nursing degree and my dream job that followed. I worked so hard to get where I… — Nikki Ferrell Copy Share Image
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are… — David Landes Copy Share Image
“the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark back to… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Focus on the positive aspects the moment challenges try to stop you and you will achieve the things you desire most. Never… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
What the historian Elie Kedourie called "the Chatham House Version" - that toxic amalgam of smugness, moral relativism, and cherished feelings of… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano,… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
Don't mistake activity for achievement - practice the right way. - John Wooden I only play well when I'm prepared. If I… — Ivan Lendl Copy Share Image
No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which… — Polykarp Kusch Copy Share Image
Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement.… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
“In baseball, when you get into the batter's box, that's it. It's just you. It's one man against the world. All that… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I hope that my achievements in life shall be these-that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a… — Dally Messenger Copy Share Image
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