Achievement Quotes

2338 Achievement quotes by 1374 unique authors

Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who… — B.F. Skinner
More than specific memories of achievements, for me I remember the feeling you get when you were just at your very best - when you… — Guy Forget
You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that… — B.K.S. Iyengar
I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to… — John F. Kennedy
Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat. — Walter Lippmann
Let the end try the man. — William Shakespeare
The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when… — Dan Rather
My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a… — Noel Coward
Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge… — Robert Breault
The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit… — George Will
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth… — E F Schumacher
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. — Euripides
Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere. — Gunter Grass
The American businessmen, as a class, have demonstrated the greatest productive genius and the most spectacular achievements ever recorded in the economic history of mankind.… — Ayn Rand
I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive. — Virginia Wade
Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize... the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the… — Claude Levi-Strauss
His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and too… — Jack Newfield
Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is… — Richard Neal
Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an… — Taslima Nasrin
My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities. — Nick Offerman
To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet. — George Mikes
The human venture depends absolutely on this quality of awe and reverence and joy in the Earth and all that lives and grows upon the… — Thomas Berry
First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. — Barry Levinson
The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature… — James Loeb

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