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Great players are willing to give up their own personal...

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Quote by Paula Abdul

All great achievements require time.

All great achievements require time.

Quote by Maya Angelou about philosophy, time

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about survival, evolution, leadership, bad luck, good luck, chance, nation, success

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, ...

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about americans

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest...

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about contentment

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.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still...

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.

Quote by Michael Caine

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Quote by Winston Churchill about wife, ability

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the...

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about happiness, lie

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about teachers, students, parents, money, people

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary...

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Quote by Henry Ford about mistake, things

It's not about the award it's about the achievement.

It's not about the award it's about the achievement.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth...

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.

Quote by Gordon Parks about time, solitude

And I have lived since as you have in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about opinion, war, destruction, technology, tragedy, science, peace, contentment

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a...

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Quote by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela about liberty, sun, human imperfections

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement;...

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

Quote by Edgar Lee Masters about opinion, immortality, gifts

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a...

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Quote by Napoleon Hill about wish, hope

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's...

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Quote by Giacomo Puccini about inspiration, man

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the...

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Quote by Vincent van Gogh about happiness, joy

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

Quote by Louise Bogan about art, innocence, violence, heart

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