Quotes by Achievement The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important. Barack Obama achievement ambition character E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in contrast to a divided Europe of the previous century, are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together. Barack Obama achievement working-together europe I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements, and that those achievements should not be taken for granted. Barack Obama achievement taken believe I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty. Barbara Walters boston achievement kind Air pollution is not merely a nuisance and a threat to health. It is a reminder that our most celebrated technological achievements-the automobile, the jet plane, the power plant, industry in general, and indeed the modern city itself-are, in the environment, failures. Barry Commoner achievement cities air As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run. Barry Eichengreen achievement breakup running First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. Barry Levinson diners achievement firsts Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing Bart Conner consistent achievement inspiration Russia is very important, Iran is very important, Hezbollah is very important. All of them are important. Each one made important achievements against the terrorists in Syria, so it's difficult to say who is more important than the other. Bashar al-Assad iran achievement russia Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves. Bear Grylls achievement belief If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction. Ben Bernanke not-happy achievement satisfaction Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement. Ben Stein achievement sleep people Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement. Benjamin Carson achievement ignorance reading Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life. Benjamin Carson achievement yale school To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune. Benjamin Franklin resources lap achievement Constant dropping wears away stones Benjamin Franklin dropping achievement stones Unusually rapid growth cannot keep up forever; when a company has already registered a brilliant expansion, its very increase in size makes a repetition of its achievement more difficult. Benjamin Graham achievement growth forever Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value. Benjamin Jowett achievement experience science The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity. Bernard-Henri Levy constitution achievement opportunity Freely the subject makes himself what he is, never in this life is the making finished, always it is in process, always it is a precarious achievement that can slip and fall and shatter. Bernard Lonergan achievement life-is fall «23456789101112»