Quotes About Achievement

Quality, it seems, is a necessary, but insufficient attribute for success.

not just every object but the whole culturally experienced world is an 'achievement' of what he terms 'anonymous' or 'functioning subjectivity'.

one of the first light bulbs ever manufactured remains lit, over a hundred years after it was first switched on.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Success for the black person requires effective functioning achieved with the knowledge that his or her work will not be recognized or rewarded to the same degree as a white person doing the same thing.

My parents were typical of many who drilled into me at an early age that because you are black, you have to be twice as good to get half as much. Unspoken in that advice is that whites are presumed competent until they prove the contrary. Blacks are assumed to be mediocre and certainly no intellectual match for whites until their skills and accomplishments gain them an often-reluctant acceptance.

Nearly all of your threatening haters will be forced to bow their heads before you; the day you have achieved your greatest accomplishment. -MillYentei

People hate to see you on high vibes doing something positive or something you love, especially if you're doing it better than them or the people they prop up with their support. -MillYentei

Whatever you do in life; do it so well that when haters see the presence of you; they will instantly become sickened in their stomach's. -MillYentei

Unlike Greek narratives, where achievement is celebrated, and biblical narratives, where submission and discipline are celebrated, in Indic thought understanding is celebrated.

In the absence of conceptual clarity, the dominant emotion is fear, fear of losing opportunities, fear of threats, fear of achievement, fear of abandonment, fear of invalidation. The emotion of fear impacts the way we think and what we believe. It contaminates the filtering of sensations and choice of responses. It creates a vicious cycle where atma is eclipsed by aham, our judgemental self.

When you live only once, the value of your life becomes the sum total of your achievements. Hence the need to align or achieve, which are the driving forces of Western thought.

Our desire to achieve does not happen in isolation. We seek an audience. When the audience refuses to cheer for us, we work hard until they admire us. We validate ourselves, like Satyavati, through the Other. The Other is the parent whose attention we crave.

There are two kinds of victory in this world,' said the storyteller-sage, 'Vijaya and Jaya. Vijaya is material victory, where there is a loser. Jaya is spiritual victory, where there are no losers. In

The journey from human to divine is to achieve conceptual clarity and appreciate the world as it is, while empathizing with how others perceive it.

In the absence of conceptual clarity, the dominant emotion is fear, fear of losing opportunities, fear of threats, fear of achievement, fear of abandonment, fear of invalidation.

he said that I was obviously really quick-witted and that I should try out for

We must always remember that we are only midwives—if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own.

It's the feeling that time is to be used efficiently and productively. Even though, you know really, that means if you can balance three spinning plates on sticks, you're rewarded with a fourth, then a fifth." A

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.

It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.

There isnothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.