Quotes About Achievement

Most MBA graduates are hungry for intellectual glamour.

Men in particular think that they have achieved something if they can make a woman mad, particularly if she is calm and intellectual.

Making history is difficult, almost impossible, for those without my athletic ability and intelligence.

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world.

If college cut-offs are above 90 per cent in a particular class, then where would mediocre students with 60 per cent or 70 per cent go? Students who secure 60-70 per cent marks are also intelligent, but they could not get admission in courses of their choice for scoring lower marks than the toppers.

I well remember the pride that my parents felt when my brother and I went up to Cambridge, but I also know many friends that I grew up with - brilliant, funny, acutely intelligent girls - who never fulfilled their potential.

What happens to most intelligent people is they retire after they turn 26 or 27. I don't have to deal with that problem.

I know I haven't been the greatest student, but I do intend to get my degree. Otherwise, my mother will kill me.

I don't intend to die.

I obviously intend to play at a high level to show the boss that I can play more.

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond.

I didn't know that I would be the UFC champion. Did I intend on being the UFC champ? Yeah, absolutely. I didn't exactly see myself doing this as a full time job or career but I certainly intended for it when I started down this path.

When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.

I may not go down in history as the best female golfer to ever play, however my intent is to do whatever I can to grow the game.

I don't choose scripts with the intent to get an award.

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

I played the way I did it because I knew it was effective. My intention was to win always, not to gain applause.

Anyone can lie. One need only have the requisite intention - in other words, to say something with the intention to deceive. Faking, by contrast, is an achievement. To fake things you have to take people in, yourself included.

Because I was called a flop ever since I got here, my only intention is to be part of Manchester United's history.

Every actor has a different journey. Whatever I've done, it has turned out positive for me because I've done it with the right intention.

One of my intentions is to - off the back of my success - show people outside of London that any of us can be successful.

We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards.

The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.

I am interested in what I earn; I am interested in my growth.