Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Dickson

What we're trying to accomplish in all of this is, when possible, we'd like to play in-state, around our fans. And we look at where the opponents are and see which site makes sense, because there is also a financial aspect in all of this.

E. M. Forster

You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish - not sit intending on a chair.

Don King

Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm.

Dweezil Zappa

Somebody under 30, if the name Frank Zappa came up, they would just say, "Who?" To me that didn't sit well, because I felt my dad's accomplishments in music should be better known, not just in a popular way, but better understood.

Chuck Klosterman

It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure.

Andrew Dice Clay

As long as you can walk the street and you know there's a tomorrow, there's always that chance. That's how I've always been. I've always had complete belief that I would make something out of myself again, because to me, it's always been about accomplishment.

Anne M. Mulcahy

I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core.

Albert Bandura

Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.

Alfie Kohn

Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted without conditions that helps people develop a healthy confidence in themselves, a belief that it's safe to take risks and try new things.

Andy Stanley

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Mike Duncan

The problem is, it's very hard to have all three. Only the cities that win these battles for development accomplish this. And when you have as many cities as St. Louis County does, it's just not realistic that everyone's going to be a winner.

We haven't been able to accomplish a constructive dialogue, ... I hope that changes soon.

We have not won at either place in my career. Hopefully this is the year we accomplish this.

Robert Green Ingersoll

If you wish to reflect credit upon your parents, accomplish more than they did, solve problems that they could not understand, and build better than they knew.

Zach Johnson

When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.

Dick Cheney

The president has formulated a lot of his own views,' said an aide, 'and has a very firm idea of what he wants to do and accomplish with his foreign policy.

Ari Fleischer

The president can accomplish what he wanted to accomplish at APEC.

We'll do our best. Nothing is done yet. We're awfully happy to be where we're at, but I hope the girls aren't settling for anything. We haven't accomplished what we set out to accomplish just yet.

Renee Fleming

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

Thomas Sowell

One undeniable accomplishment of Bill Clinton's presidency was that it kept Jimmy Carter from being the worst U.S. president in history.

T. D. Jakes

Focus on your accomplishments , not your failures.

Robert A. Heinlein

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

Robert A. Heinlein

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

Tiffani Thiessen

I really don`t look at my life as being an accomplishment. I`m just very thankful for what I`ve been given.

Vanna Bonta

Only Love conceives things worthy enough to stand greater than individual accomplishment.

Vaclav Havel

If I have accomplished anything good, then it's mainly because I've been driven by the need to know whether I can accomplish things I'm not sure I have the capacity for.

Stephen Covey

The power of transcendent vision is greater than the power of the scripting deep inside the human personality and it subordinates it [the scripting], submerges it, until the whole personality is reorganized in the accomplishment of that vision.

Stephen Covey

Visualising something organises one's ability to accomplish it.

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

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.