Quotes About Accomplishment

Work is a way of bringing order to chaos, and there's a basic satisfaction in seeing that we are able to make something a little more coherent by the end of the day.

It can be a real blow to our egos when we feel as if our hard-earned degrees don't matter as much as our ability to get the morning coffee orders right.

I can now check Oregon off the 'marathon in every state list.'

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

I've been very proud of a lot of the work I've done in New Orleans.

Always felt like I did things right, always felt like I did things for the community and did everything well in New Orleans.

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.

I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.

Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.

My eldest brother Atticus just won an Oscar some years ago, as he wrote the music for 'The Social Network.'

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.

Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith.

I don't think I'm over-the-top cocky, I'm just proud of where I came from.

I was a real overachiever.

I was always an overachiever.

The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt. Everest of American politics, becoming an historic first.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

For what I've overcome and am still overcoming, and accomplishing, says a lot.

Hits and flops are overrated.

I am overwhelmed and I am glad I can make my parents proud by becoming a Canadian citizen. It has been a long journey becoming a Canadian citizen.

people aren't inclined to work on tasks in the wrong order, since they derive satisfaction from accomplishment, and a motivation toward meaningful accomplishment tends to steer them onto the critical path. A little pressure might decrease wasted time slightly and cause an equally slight improvement in focusing on the critical path.