"High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness……" — Nancy Gibbs
"High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others."
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104 Quotes by Nancy Gibbs
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For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.
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If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.
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Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us…
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Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who…
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If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the…
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Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on…
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You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him…
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Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton…
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Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and…
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Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just…
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In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version…
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You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.
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Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common…
— John C. Maxwell
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Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.
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One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional…
— Brian Tracy
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Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those…
— Joan Ganz Cooney
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When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have…
— Stephen Covey
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The solution to the nation's problems, depends on the true American achievers. It's people like you, playing by the rules…
— Rush Limbaugh
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Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
— Larry Ellison
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Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The…
— Rush Limbaugh
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We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or…
— Nick Saban
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Virtually all top achievers know that to really get ahead, you've got to be willing to color outside the lines.…
— James Arthur Ray
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With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this…
— Jared Diamond
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Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.
— John C. Maxwell
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