Achievement Quotations | Page 4

If I'm selecting a group, the first thing I look for is a record of achievement . . . If (candidates achieve) in small things, there's a very good chance they'll perform well in big things.

The joy of Being, which is the only true happiness, cannot come to you through any form, possession, achievement, person, or event - through anything that happens. That joy cannot come to you - ever. It emanates from the formless dimension within you, from consciousness itself and thus is one with who you are.

If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

This wire is the future of our company. This is probably the first second-generation wire sold by anyone, anywhere in the world. That's the major achievement here.

The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

Sometimes I try to beat other people's achievements but on many occasions I find it's better to beat my own achievements. That can give me more satisfaction. I don't feel happy if I am comfortable. Something inside me pushes me when I get comfortable. It makes me go farther and I want to keep pushing.

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.

Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.

That has been the great achievement of our age: to so thoroughly flood the planet with megabits that every image and fact has become a digitized disembodied nothingness. With magnificent determination, our species has advanced from Stone Age to Industrial Revolution to Digital Emptiness. We've become weightless, in the bad sense of the word.

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 them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth.

William James once made an acute point about the relationship between happiness and expectation. He argued that satisfaction with ourselves does not require us to succeed in every endeavour. We are not always humiliated by failing; we are humiliated only if we first invest our pride and sense of worth in a given achievement and then do not reach it.

Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: "Leave slide rules here." If I didn't do that, I'd find someone reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, "Boss, you can't do it."

Failures, repeated failures, are sign-posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something (and it works).

God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.

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 in hundreds of others just like it. My life of success was not what made this morning so glorious -- all my achievements meant nothing in God's economy. "No, the real legacy of my life was my biggest failure -- that I was an ex-convict. My greatest humiliation -- being sent to prison -- was the beginning of God's greatest use of my life; He chose the one thing in which I could not glory for His glory.

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 us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.

When you're alive you wonder how to live your life to the fullest, how to have accomplishment, success, money, and fame; but when you lay on your death-bed you wonder what good have I done in life!

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.

It's the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality. I really, absolutely have been blown away.

The only huge achievement next week will be taking three points off the Bolton Wanderers. If you look beyond that, you trip up very quickly.

If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.

I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.

Lifting the debt burden from the poorest countries in the world brightens their prospects enormously. This is an achievement of historic proportions.

Let me tell you something: Roush getting five cars in, that's a heck of an accomplishment. Good for them. I admire what was done there, and we feel like we can do that, too.

Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

Making it here is such an accomplishment for me. I don't have any expectations, just to go out there and attack everything and skate my best.

Losing the state championship, that's the highest level of achievement in basketball and we lost that. This year, we're getting another shot. A lot of times you don't get a second chance. We've got to come out. It's a game for revenge.

Los Angeles Unified has quickly become the nationwide leader in promoting innovative public school options like charter schools to tackle the challenges of low student achievement and over-crowding. The school district is to be commended for supporting high-quality charter schools for the many families that continue to demand them.

Love in young men for the most part is not love but sexual desire, and its accomplishment is the end

Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.

(Last year) was another year of solid achievement and continued momentum. We enter 2006 confident we can reach our goal of 20 million subscribers within the 2010 to 2012 time frame.

Sequencing the chimp genome is a historic achievement that is destined to lead to many more exciting discoveries with implications for human health,

She shot 68 in a PGA Tour event, that's an incredible accomplishment,

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

She has continually asked us to reflect on our practice and to focus our time and energy on the achievement of our students.

She gave the essence of civility to the struggle for equality in this country and kept alive the principles of fairness, equity and justice for which she, her husband, and their partners in struggle stood. The true measure of achievement is how many others we lift up along with us, and Mrs. King more than met that measure.

Mr. Lund's lifetime achievement in his profession has benefited our community and many of his fellow professionals.

Ms. Lau has an outstanding record of achievement at American and is successfully transforming the bank from a retail thrift to a full-service community bank.

Men make opportunity. Every great industrial achievement has been the result of individual effort - the practical development of a dream in the mind of an individual.

My feeling is that when we prepare a program, the experience can be just like composing poetry or music; as Andrei Ershov has said, programming can give us both intellectual and emotional satisfaction, because it is a real achievement to master complexity and to establish a system of consistent rules.

One of the things we have tried to do is work on a culture to increase student achievement for all students. I saw in the last school I worked in, the enormous benefit of looking at student work so we can tweak our curriculum.

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.

Obviously we would like to see those statistics higher. But this is a process that the NCAA member institutions are going through to change behavior and essentially ensure the student athletes, coaches and everyone involved in collegiate athletics understands that academic achievement and academic performance is just as important as athletic performance.

My goal for the Championship changed a lot from being less personal accomplishment to more team driven, but unfortunately we fell just short of that goal.

No other team has done it before, and it would be a great accomplishment for Huntington High. Before this year, no Huntington team had ever won back-to-back titles.

Number one, the best anti-poverty program is a job, ... And second, it is education. We are closing the achievement gap between black, Hispanic and white children.

Now that we've got a good system in place, the hope is that student achievement will follow suit.

Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-idea individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.

Reward the young for their efforts and they will reward you by their achievements.

Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where we started in 1994. We have great momentum. In the past four years, we have more than doubled Nike's soccer business worldwide, and we have established brand leadership in the hearts and minds of consumers. We are confident that Nike product innovation and our connection to players and consumers will continue to drive significant growth.

One of the primary strategies to close the achievement gap is to provide high-quality teachers to students who need them most, and that's precisely what our recommendations are about. Right now those students aren't getting the highest-quality teachers, and until the district addresses that, it will continue to have an achievement gap.

I was really pleased with those guys. Winning discus at that meet is a huge accomplishment. We have a great deal of respect for the throwing program at Carman- Ainsworth, so to beat their discus relay team is a tremendous achievement for our kids and for Mr. Bernie Coughlin who volunteers his time to work with them each day after school.

I would give this Congress a B for achievement, a D for behavior and the overall assessment of incomplete,

I would encourage you to roll through the over-achievement from the third (quarter) to your full year

If we could finish third it would be a magnificent achievement.

I do not understand why people ask for Leaving CERTIFICATE while leaving.... is leaving an achievement?

I could sense signs of confidence in training on Friday. We did a professional job and we've continued our winning mentality. I'm very proud with what is an exceptional achievement for everyone at the club.

I believe that on the basis of this stable balance, Taiwan and China's peaceful achievement of one China -- which is the policy of China, the policy of Taiwan and the policy of the United States -- can move forward,

I am satisfied with the achievement of the robust China-Canada co-operation, ... This move meets the needs and the times of our peoples.

I am really happy with this achievement and I must thank my team-mates who have made it possible.

I am slightly biased, but I think it is an incredible achievement -- the last great aviation record left.

Bumping is really demoralizing for our teachers. If we lose all this ... student achievement will go down.

China's achievement in manned space mission proves that some of China's space technologies can be paralleled to those in western developed countries.

Chris has had a fantastic weekend. To finish in the top six on his first Monte Carlo is a major achievement and he's done it at a very respectable pace.

I looked up to her because (of) what an achievement it was to live to 101.

I can think of no one more deserving of this year's SAG Life Achievement award than Shirley Temple Black,

Given the fact that more than 50 years since the first sub-four-minute mile, we still celebrate an athlete's first time under that barrier, Don's achievement remains remarkable,

Getting to the second round is a real accomplishment for this team, and I'm happy we made it this far. I think girls played real well, especially since Revere is the ranked fifth in the state of Ohio (in Division II).

Getting things straight in your head is a major achievement because there's so much clutter out there. You've got to push aside the static to really hear the music.

Getting in the Premiership with this club was a wonderful achievement for everybody - and if we can manage to stay in it, then that would be even greater. This is a bit of a bonus really.

Gabriela and Patrick are champions of broad, magnetic appeal. Gianni is a scholar of broad journalistic and literary accomplishment. They represent a worldwide spread Australia, Argentina and Italy.

If anything, it shows how good he was because he played probably four or five years less than I did. So, that's quite an achievement by him than anything I've done.

For us to have four boys under a minute is quite an accomplishment.

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

Given the poor grades that Texas received ... it is amazing that student achievement continued to improve over the last decade. We must, however, be concerned that the chickens will eventually come home to roost and the current inadequately funded system will no longer be able to provide the gains in achievement that we have seen in the past.

For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.

If today was the day you were finally going to win, did you show up?

If states were closing achievement gaps on their own, the federal government would not have needed to intervene.

He truly deserves such a feat. This is a fantastic achievement.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice much

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor does he cut corners or attempt to cheat the system. He who chooses mastery lives his life asking, 'How can I do more, give more, be more, and thereby accelerate the achievement of my ultimate destiny?'

He has written some of the most memorable poems of our time, and his achievement rivals that of great American poets like Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop.

He doesn't like to talk about it. He wants to focus on playing. But it would be a great accomplishment for an 18-year-old kid - and, with all the things we've been through this season, it's great we still have something to shoot for.

He gets the lifetime achievement award. But, it's all pretty equal opportunity. No president ever let me down.

Having Buzz there is a great achievement, he was on the first moon landing alongside Neil Armstrong, so getting his signature on a beautiful panoramic photograph will be an historical item to treasure.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

When he's shooting well, I encourage him. We're trying to measure personal achievement with team goals.

We've done the double over them now, and that's no mean achievement.

To get a road win is a significant achievement. Road wins are treasured in our league. The way our guards played, especially Daniel Horton and Dion Harris, was the difference. They played with a swagger.

To endure in a volatile, unpredictable arena populated by egos the size of small planets is not an inconsiderable achievement,

What would a smarter person than me do? Then do it!

He observed neighborhoods, people in neighborhoods, and he learned how they talk. I think that is the greatest achievement that he has done - he brought that to his plays, the language of people.

Here in Toronto, the Canadian model is showcased for the world to see. It is an achievement that has eluded many societies and one that we Canadians sometimes take for granted, and that is unfortunate.