Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Victor Hansen

The magnet principle says, 'Like attracts like.' You'll attract to you the people, circumstances, events, money and resources you need to accomplish your goals.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.

Kelly Clark

Make your relationships more important than your accomplishments .

Margaret Thatcher

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

Leon Trotsky

Only when the kulak refused to deliver grain to the State did [Joseph] Stalin, under the pressure of the Left Opposition, accomplish a sharp turn. Being the empiricist that he is, he moved, to the opposite extreme, and set as a task for two or three years the collectivization of all the peasantry, the liquidation of the kulaks as a class, and the compression of the Five Year Plan into four years.

L. Frank Baum

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

Oscar Wilde

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.

There was a lot of talk about how we were a young team and about our future. But our kids didn't want to wait to accomplish big things. They worked real hard and I think we had a real good season this year.

At halftime, we came out and wanted to win the second half and we almost did that. We played much better in the second half. We had a lot more energy and we were able to accomplish some positive things. But in the first half, our youth showed. And that's just part of learning.

AT&T Broadband and Comcast can accomplish more together than we could alone,

As we set out to find the ideal candidate to fill this very important position with the Timbers, it became clear to us that Chris was the best person to not only continue the great things we've been able to accomplish during the team's first five seasons, but to take the franchise to new levels in a number of areas. We're completely confident that Chris will do great things for the Timbers and soccer in Portland.

Jay Feaster

As we evaluated where we were and what we want to accomplish in coming back as the defending Stanley Cup champions we felt this was the best way to go.

Louis Gerstner

As we enter the next phase of IBM's transformation, we need a new organizational approach that will strengthen our focus on both day-to-day marketplace results and future growth opportunities, ... I believe this new structure is the best way to accomplish these goals, under the leadership of two of IBM's most experienced and capable executives.

A budget can help you accomplish all of that.

Ali Babacan

the more the participation is, the sooner we will accomplish this project.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

John Wooden

Never confuse activity with accomplishment.

John Wooden

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.

John Wooden

You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

Max Weber

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act.

Peter Drucker

Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.

Peggy Noonan

Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service....

Maynard Webb

By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I had accumulated more accomplishments and gained a reputation for having a great work ethic.

Maurice Sendak

Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.

Maya Lin

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

Mario Andretti

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

Andrea Martin

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer.

Wayne Hale

Clearly you can't have many more big, long stand-downs and accomplish the number of flights that it's going to take to assemble the International Space Station by that date.

I'm kind of surprised on what we've gotten on a couple of these kids. We're just hoping that someone will give them an opportunity. They're so big, and they're good kids and will work hard for you. What they can accomplish is kind of unlimited. What I'm hoping for is after signing day if these schools didn't get exactly what they were looking for, that might open the doors for our kids.

Sam Hornish

I'm pretty big on saying that I'm never going to say never. I think there's a lot of opportunity over there, but there are still things I'd like to accomplish over here.

Shinzo Abe

I have not been told where to go yet. But no matter what the position is, I'm determined to accomplish Japan's reform and create a Japan we can be proud of.

I had to live up to that again and it wasn't easy, especially after I got hurt. I didn't accomplish what I wanted to accomplish, MAC championships and stuff like that. But we finished the season strong.

Ray Anderson

The city of Houston could have made more of a pitch that they are going to be able to accomplish something other than just taking control of an existing asset that belongs to Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas Parks and Wildlife apparently has no funds to do anything, so this appears to be a win situation for the city and for the park.