Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
The conservative response to modernity is to embrace it, but to embrace it critically, in full consciousness that human achievements are rare… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Turgenev's achievement lies in how he succeeded, in spite of himself, his country, and his time, in exempting his work from public… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“In the quest for success, the most potent formula is transforming the steady rhythm of consistency into measurable units of achievement!” — Erick "The Black Sheep" G Copy Share Image
The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
Here's one measure of the man and the scope of his achievement: No serious historian will be able to write about 20th-century… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Part of my methodological approach is made explicit when I discuss ways in which literature can have philosophical significance. Literature doesn't typically… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
All these years I had been sustained by an illusion-happiness through victory- and now that illusion was burned to ashes. I was… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Girls get the message from very early on that what's most important is how they look, that their value, their worth depends… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments,… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in… — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small… — Tejomayananda Copy Share Image
One of Still Lifes many achievements is its paradoxical mix of intensity and stillness. Alexander Longs visions of landscape, identity and "History… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image
Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we… — William James Copy Share Image
My father's biggest achievement with us as children was that he taught us that everyone is human and equal, even your enemy… — Rula Jebreal Copy Share Image
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. They think it comes from doing something on a big… — Orison S. Marden Copy Share Image
I am not convinced that either the position, rewards or achievements have been worth the cost. My personal and married life and… — Joanne Simpson Copy Share Image
Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
He believed that all people existed behind varying layers of armor which, like the archaeological layers of earth itself, reflected the historical… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. Achieving your goals is… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Space station is, it really is one of the more, if not the most, impressive technological achievement of the modern day, not… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do. He puts away all doubt. It makes… — Charles Fillmore Copy Share Image
The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
People say you should not have to work hard to make a relationship work... They've probably never experienced the joy of achieving… — Devang Sanghvi Copy Share Image
Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured… — Walter Sickert Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's important to feel for the character, as you will be watched by audience, and when you start feeling… — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
It is the old experience that a rude instrument in the hand of a master craftsman will achieve more than the finest… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others,… — John Katzenbach Copy Share Image
You may not be an Olympian, but you can still go for the gold in your life. Do you have a dream… — Nushra Copy Share Image
Leaders who want to increase joy and success in the workplace must learn to take most of their personal satisfaction from the… — Dennis Bakke Copy Share Image
Japan is a wonderful country, a strange mixture of ancient mystique and cyberpunk saturation. It's a monolith of society's achievements, yet maintains… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
