On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger.
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.
It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished 'The Road', I started it straight away and didn't put it down until I finished - it was such an achievement and relief to know that I could read, comprehend and, most importantly, enjoy a book!
Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.
Celebrate your child's achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don't worry that you're throwing away a memory. Your children will remember your praise more than they will remember the picture with macaroni and glitter glued on it.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.
To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.
I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me.
The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.
There are very few people whose names come to symbolize their achievement, even if it's a negative achievement.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
I'm sure that some of them will be very hard and I'll have a sense of achievement again, but nothing will mean the same to me - there's no other problem in mathematics that could hold me the way that this one did.
Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else.
I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'
We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that.
We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.
First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
