Achievements Quotes

565 Achievements quotes by 451 unique authors

Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail… — Neal A. Maxwell
Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought… — Fred Rogers
The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on… — Alice Miller
It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in… — Alain de Botton
Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name… — Derrick Bell
No, you have to talk first. You wanted to talk. It means you say something and I respond and you talk back again. It's one… — Maggie Stiefvater
Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful. — Germaine Greer
Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued… — Benjamin Carson
One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to… — Steven Weinberg
Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable. — Douglas Coupland
I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful… — Nelson Mandela
How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our… — Fred Rogers
And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others… — Julian Barnes
Our students wanted to know everything: but only the newest theory seemed to them worth bothering with. Knowing nothing of the intellectual achievements of the… — Claude Levi-Strauss
We have traditionally thought of knowing in terms of subject and object and have struggled to attain objectivity by detaching our subjectivity. It can't be… — N. T. Wright
Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door at… — Tessa Dare
It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants… — Charles Colson
But all at once I realized that it was not my success God had used to enable me to help those in this prison, or… — Charles Colson
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I worry about a lot of things, but I don’t worry about achievements. I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs in Heaven. — Tom Waits
God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements. — Rick Warren
She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements. — Alice Munro
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. — John C. Maxwell
We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff… — Alain de Botton

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