Any individual can be, in time, what he earnestly desires to be, if he but sets his face steadfastly in the direction… — John Herman Randall Copy Share Image
An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal… — Paul J. Meyer Copy Share Image
Babaji's spiritual state is beyond human comprehension. The dwarfed vision of men cannot pierce to his transcendental star. One attempts in vain… — Sri Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[Women's] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment [sic] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue. — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your positive mind and release ideas and energy for… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Many people are very intelligent in accomplishing worldly attainments. This intelligence is not wisdom because worldly attainments such as a high position,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Such knowledge is probably gained in several ways. One process undoubtedly operates through social comparison of success and failure experiences. Children repeatedly… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Be not content with the common place in character anymore than with the commonplace in ambition or intellectual attainment. Do not expect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Transcendence implies the surpassing of two things, and the consequent attainment of a third thing. But there are no 'things' in reality,… — Wei Wu Wei Copy Share Image
I may be expediting the attainment of an object that will in time be found of great importance to mankind; so much… — George Cayley Copy Share Image
It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for attainments or abilities, to disappoint… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but… — Florence Bascom Copy Share Image
In its solitariness the spirit asks, What, in the way of value, is the attainment of life? And it can find no… — Alfred North Whitehead 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
Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about… — Tal Ben-Shahar Copy Share Image
Always bear in mind that boys are naturally wiser than you. Regard them as intellectual beings, who have access to certain sources… — John Farrar Copy Share Image
“All achievements, whether in the business, intellectual, or spiritual world, are the result of definitely directed thought, are governed by the same… — James Allen Copy Share Image
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
True humility is a Christian grace and one of the fruits of the Spirit, originating in a deep consciousness of sin past… — James McCosh Copy Share Image
Never leave the site of a goal without first taking some form of positive action towards its attainment. Right now, take a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I would like you to drop the ego, to dissolve, to disappear, because only then is there fulfillment. The ego knows only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name,… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
“Your help comes from the Lord God who made heaven, earth and you! Grab your mission; that's your father's assignment for you!… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way… — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
How melancholy a thing is success. Whilst failure inspirits a man, attainment reads the sad prosy lesson that all our glories "Are… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image