Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Conrad

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

Lyndon B. Johnson

For the individual, education is the path to achievement and fulfillment; for the nation, it is a path to a society that is not only free but civilized; and for the world, it is the path to peace - for it is education that places reason over force.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

Joseph Murphy

Remember that the subconscious mind has determined the success and wonderful achievements of all great scientific workers.

Max Beckmann

Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.

Matthew McConaughey

By their fruits ye shall know them.

Maria Montessori

Every great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements.

The Chinese should be very proud of what they are accomplishing,

I'm not quite sure what the greatest achievement in a lifetime may be, but I am sure up there at the top of the list somewhere is to give pleasure to others.

We've never seen anything this before. This is an unprecedented achievement.

To advance as a sophomore is a tremendous accomplishment.

Gabe Kapler

This team has done something the past two days that should go down in history as an incredible accomplishment. And what David Ortiz has done is miraculous. He's carried us on his shoulders.

This was quite an accomplishment for these two young gymnasts. To put up those big scores in a large invitational like this really showcases the talent of these two young ladies.

This was a tough one to swallow. We weren't satisfied just to get here, but it's an accomplishment to get down here. I'm satisfied with how we played. We deserved better.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it.

Sometimes laws are bad because they are undemocratic and sometimes laws are bad because they are archaic, but section 329 (the ban) manages the stunning achievement of being both undemocratic and archaic at the same time.

Scoring 44 points in this big of a meet is a nice accomplishment. We did a lot of things well today.

Sean O'Donnell

Self-doubt is the little voice in your head saying " You Can Do It!" and the big voice saying " I Wish You Would"...listen to the little voice

Ruth Ann will be a hard act to follow, and we wish her the best as she enters a new chapter of her life. However, we are fortunate to be able to bring back Walt, who has a wealth of exceptional experience and a track record of achievement in the payment cards industry. I have no doubt he will continue to build on the strong foundation Ruth Ann created, and deliver on our commitment to bring our customers innovative products and value-added services to help them enhance the profitability of their payments businesses.

Sacrificing your whole life for the sake of the 'outer world goals' is not the way to live.The one and only achievement that a man could do is working towards "ENLIGHTENMENT".

Paul Henderson

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

Margot Asquith

Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving.

No one can motivate you to do anything. You motivate yourself, based on information you receive and how directly you can relate it to your own potential achievement.

Nelson Mandela

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

Nelson Mandela

Education is the great engine to personal development.

Nelson Mandela

If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

Nelson Mandela

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.

Niccolo Machiavelli

They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

Ken Blanchard

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

Ken Robinson

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Noam Chomsky

So yes in theory there is a kind of a formal democracy and in many ways these were achievements and an improvement over the feudal system and more advanced than anything else in the world, but nothing that we ought to call democracy.

Paul Farmer

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

Mark Twain

...one of the first achievements of the legislature was to institute a ten-thousand-dollar agricultural fair to show off forty dollars' worth of pumpkins in - however, the Territorial legislature was usually spoken of as the "asylum".