Quotes for Achievement

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

Dominique de Villepin

Going back about 10 years ago, the only thing a black kid could do to get out of the ghetto was being a sports star. Now we can add music to that, which is a good achievement in itself.

Big Narstie

A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.

Dan Gelber

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

Katharine Anthony

In Congress, I will fight for an education system that bridges the opportunity gap in order to help close the achievement gap, and prioritize models that sustain and enrich whole people and communities.

Deb Haaland

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

J. Philippe Rushton

Winning the Championship was my biggest achievement.

Chris Hughton

I don't know why there is still any barrier between men and women in terms of achievement and success.

George Blagden

Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.

Des Browne

Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and kids.

Melina Kanakaredes

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

Gary Cooper

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Max Euwe

It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest English poems; it may justly be taken as the type of supreme poetic achievement in our literature.

John Drinkwater

It's not interesting to achieve; the ways of achievement are interesting.

Krzysztof Kieslowski

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

Kurt Lewin

Well, perhaps the greatest achievement, and we didn't know it at the time, was we held an Earth Day in 1970, and out of that Earth Day a lot of students got involved in saving the environment, or trying to.

Pete McCloskey