“We have many dreams and many different chapters in life and I think life is about chapters. For me, from the time I was pretty young, I always thought that if I was lucky enough to achieve my dreams and if I had financial security, at a certain point in my life I wanted to give back. I wanted, just corny as it sounds, to try and make the world a better place.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingTryingDifferentEnoughDreamWantedYoungLife IsCertainSoundAchieveSecurityLuckyFinancialChaptersBetter PlaceGiving BackCornyFinancial Security Author:Sherry Lansing
“Even if you have the talent, you still have to push yourself. I don't think dreams magically appear, that's why they're called dreams. But if you do want to make that dream a reality, then you have to push yourself. It takes a lot of hard work, and if you don't have the focus, then it's going to be all the harder. If you have a big dream, it takes all of the above to achieve it: passion, the focus and the effort.” IfsThinkingWantStillsHardDreamBigsRealityPassionEffortFocusAchieveTalentHard WorkHarderPush Yourself Author:Gabby Douglas
“I think when you're in a relationship where you really care for the other person, when they achieve their dreams it's better than when you do yourself.” ThinkingPersonsDreamCareAchieve Author:Nicole Kidman
“Our mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more is really a look back to the very creation of Microsoft.” AchieveCreationEmpowering Author:Satya Nadella
“I like large sounds and very complex sonorities, and I also tend to opt for creating a feeling of vast space. I could achieve this effect either by using a symphony orchestra, which for a dance piece is pretty much impossible these days, or by using a synthesizer on multi-channel tape and a superb sound system, to get that same sensation of expansiveness and depth.” FeelingsImpossibleAchieveSuperb Author:Lucinda Childs
“We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.” MenAchieveMen And WomenGood ThingsRight ThingWomen Want Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Really the only motivation is through deliciousness; cooking great food that people want to eat again. I want them all to achieve what they all want to do, and I ask then all what they want to do in 5 years. I don't care what the answer is, I can help them all get there as long as they tell me what they want.” PeopleLongHelpingCareMotivationAchieveCookingGreat Food Author:Richard Blais
“I want to be remembered as an actor who was able to touch people with what I offered to the world. That a young person, especially a young black woman will look at me and see herself and know that she too can achieve whatever dream her heart creates.” PeopleWorldHeartDreamBlackAchieveLook At MeBlack Women Author:Melanie Nicholls-King
“In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in.” ThinkingGoalPlayerAchieve Author:Kevin Garnett
“If you expect to be successful and you expect to raise a family while having a career then you will strive for that; if you strive for it then hopefully you will achieve it. So I think for my own daughter, she's going to grow up with a working mom. One that has had to make some painful choices and face some painful realities.” ThinkingRealityChoicesGrowing UpSuccessfulAchieveMomDaughterStrivePainfulHopefullyBeing SuccessfulWorking Mom Author:Sarah Treem
“It was good to see an athlete that emotional in the aftermath of defeat, to show that losing isn't good enough. Fighting hard and trying your best isn't good enough. It showed that the only thing good enough in his eyes was winning. It caused a tremendous amount of emotion from him when he didn't achieve that.” TryingEnoughEyeFightingWinningEmotionAchieveEmotionalLosingDefeatAthleteGood Enough Author:Dan Goossen
“There is a lot of work to be done to make sure our leaders reflect the people they are supposed to represent. The more diverse a group of decision makers is, the more informed the decision will be. Until we achieve full representation, we all should understand we are falling short of the ideals of our country.” PeopleCountryDoneFallDecisionLeaderAchieveDiverseRepresentation Author:Kamala Harris
“I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide them with a compass for navigating life, a general, flexible, framework to set priorities, and a set of techniques to achieve serenity and equanimity.” BelieveHelpingI BelieveAchievePrioritiesSerenityStoicismCompassEquanimity Author:Massimo Pigliucci
“A group of amazingly high achievers can be brought together and play together, and all believe that they are competing for something bigger than themselves. Those players are so used to being patted on the back and told how good they are. Frankly, those are usually the hardest people to remind that they are aspiring to achieve something bigger than themselves.” PeopleBelieveTogetherPlayerAchieveCompeting Author:Don Yaeger
“Free enterprise democracy has proven the best system by far for maximizing freedom, prosperity, and happiness. Dictatorship, Soviet style communism, and hereditary aristocracy have proven about the worst environments for people to achieve all three of these goals.” PeopleGoalDemocracyEnvironmentAchieveWorstStyleProsperityCommunismEnterpriseSovietDictatorship Author:James Stone
“I've said this a lot lately, too: if, 20 or 30 years down the road, when everything's said and done, I was never able to achieve that level of zeitgeist again, then so be it. I know how rare it is for anybody to do that. But I also feel like, OK, we're getting on to 25 years of putting out records: that's also kind of rare air for anybody who makes music. And I think you just end up kind of grateful for every opportunity that comes along.” ThinkingKindDoneOpportunityAchieveGratefulZeitgeist Author:DJ Shadow
“The Olympics unite the world and inspire us to be a better version of ourselves. The competitions motivate the spectators, and the athletes' message is: You should have more confidence in your ability to achieve things, you should dream more.” WorldDreamAbilityAchieveInspireCompetition Author:Travis Tygart
“Trump is actually achieving quite a lot. He has actually already fulfilled a whole bunch of campaign promises. The economy is doing great. Jobs, real jobs are being created. American companies are announcing they're gonna reopen factories here. The coal industry is coming back to life because of what Trump did. And for his part, you know, Trump seems aware about it.” RealEconomyAchievePromiseGreat Job Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Rock stardom is hard work and it takes a team to make it happen. Also, communication is important because too often inexperienced artists have delusions of what a label is supposed to do for them. The truth is, being in the record business is hard work and requires focus and calculated moves to achieve success.” ImportantMovingArtistFocusTeamAchieveHard WorkCommunicationTruth IsDelusionRock Star Author:David Ellefson
“To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.” MindTermAchieveCrimeYouthCorruptionMaterialistic Author:Wole Soyinka
“Finding meaning in the relationships that we have with one another - that's the only way to achieve any kind of fundamental true grace and that points to where it all ends up. It's let's stop being away some place, let's be here. It's, let's be in this.” KindGraceAchieve Author:Damon Lindelof
“You can make a beautiful, airtight world that's fascinating to look at, but it's not interesting unless you have a character that's trying to achieve something under the circumstances of that world. It's harder to play a wacky girlfriend whose journey you just don't understand.” WorldTryingCharacterBeautifulInterestingJourneyAchieveCircumstancesGirlfriendWacky Author:Mackenzie Davis
“The Democrats are about punishing achievement and punishing success and saying it's unjustified, it's unfair, and it may involve cheating and scandal. They stigmatize success because their voters are people who cannot achieve those things. The Democrats have made sure they don't even want to try.” PeopleTryingAchieveAchievementDemocratCheatingUnfair Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We are witnessing a new American president, Donald Trump, who speaks differently than his predecessors. If he is serious enough, he could pick up the opportunity that is available to create real peace in this region. With a new approach, he could achieve what all previous approaches have failed to.” RealEnoughOpportunitySpeakPresidentAchieveSeriousAmerican President Author:Khaled Mashal
“In principle, Hamas is not keen to be part of an unjust negotiation process in which the only things that comes out of it are new concessions for our people. Why should we negotiate? Unfortunately, even with the Donald Trump administration, I don't see any real vision toward achieving just peace.” PeopleRealVisionAchieveNegotiationHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“The international community has been extracting concessions from the weaker side suffering under the occupation. For decades, this strategy has done absolutely nothing for the Palestinians. Now they are demanding that Hamas go the same route. We will not accept that. Extracting concessions is not the key to achieving peace. Pressure must be exerted on the occupier.” DoneSufferingCommunityAcceptingAchieveStrategyPalestinianHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“Donald Trump has made the principle of purposely breaking a taboo into a means of achieving his political objectives, which is something that he has in common with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Trump systematically violates international rules. But we cannot allow ourselves to forget that Trump is not the U.S.” MeanPoliticalPresidentForgetCommonAchieveTabooTurkish Author:Martin Schulz
“If we are ever going to save this society and the world, there has got to be a way for us to work together. That may be more than we can ever hope to achieve, just because of human nature.” WorldTogetherAchieveHuman NatureWorking Together Author:John Lithgow
“We are unique among advanced countries that we don't have universal health care. My hope was that I was able to get a hundred percent of people health care while I was president. We didn't quite achieve that, but we were able to get 20 million people health care who didn't have it before. And obviously some of the progress we made is now imperiled because there's still a significant debate taking place in the United States. For those 20 million people, their lives have been better.” PeopleCountryCarePresidentProgressAchieveUniqueDebateSignificantHealth CareUniversal Health Care Author:Barack Obama
“We're hopeful that Russia will choose to play a constructive role in supporting ceasefires through their own Astana talks, but also, ultimately, through Geneva. And if we can achieve ceasefires in zones of stabilization in Syria, then I believe we will have the conditions to begin a useful political process.” BelievePoliticalI BelieveAchieveHopefulZoneSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“You're not directing an actor toward a thing they can't achieve. Because direction is elusive. When directors hold respect for the various craftsmen and -women who are telling the story, it's the greatest result. I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas.” PeopleThinkingAchieveVariousCanvasElusive Author:Laura Dern
“Trump has got to define what he seeks to achieve with Russia, and then use diplomacy and sometimes coercion to achieve those ends. Right now, aside from this fight with ISIS, which I would underscore, you know, the Obama administration has been trying to fight ISIS with Russia for several years now.” TryingSometimesFightingAchieveDiplomacy Author:Michael McFaul
“What Korea and the U.S. both ultimately seek to achieve is the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear program.” AchieveProgramNorth Korea Author:Moon Jae-in
“It seems Kim Jong Un firmly believes that developing nuclear missile capabilities will provide security and guarantee his regime. We must make it clear that it is not nuclear and missile programs that will protect Kim Jong Un and his regime. The goal of the international sanctions and pressure is to make it unbearable for Kim Jong Un if he does not accept this fact. On the other hand, we are continuously trying to send a message that giving up its nuclear program and coming to the negotiating table is the right path for North Korea to protect itself and achieve its development.” GivingTryingBelieveGoalAcceptingPathAchieveSecurityProtectGiving UpProgramCapabilityNorth Korea Author:Moon Jae-in
“Millennials are first and foremost problem solvers. They are optimistic. They are well educated. They are creative. They are open to change. They are learners. They are technologically savvy. They are open-minded. They are imaginative. They think third-way. They want to achieve. They want to contribute. They are flexible. They are achievement oriented.” ThinkingProblemCreativeAchieveAchievementOptimisticEducatedImaginativeSavvy Author:Chip Espinoza
“Well, Americans expect our president to be human beings, and as imperfect as all of us are. They expect us to make mistakes and all that. But one thing the American public likes is, if you make a mistake, you do that, you cross that line that they expect you to behave under, then you apologize or then you correct that behavior and said you have learned, you are going to do better, you are going to achieve better, and you are going to serve a higher purpose than that.” PurposePresidentMistakeAchieveBehaviorBehaveMaking MistakesImperfectApologizing Author:Matthew Dowd
“The chaotic theory of education is that you go to college, earn a degree and then that degree may be used in something completely different. It's about achieving the goal first.” DifferentGoalAchieveCollegeChaotic Author:Randall Cobb
“If you sit down and you look at the policies, and analyze where the administration's going and what they seem to be dedicated to trying to achieve, I think a lot of Americans, myself included, certainly, have major questions about that, or major views that don't think those are the proper courses of action that we ought to be following.” ThinkingTryingActionAchievePolicyDedicated Author:Sean Hannity
“I do not think Syria can achieve international recognition in the future - even if they work through a successful political process, you know, the international community simply is not going to accept a Syria led by the Assad regime.” ThinkingPoliticalCommunityAcceptingSuccessfulAchieveRecognitionSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“The American dream is about achieving happiness. When you become a fire fighter, a police officer or a teacher or a nurse, you know you're not going to become a billionaire. And what my parents achieved working as a bartender and a maid at a hotel after arriving here with nothing, no education, no money. The first words my dad learned in English where I'm looking for a job.You know what my parents achieved? They owned a home in a safe and stable neighborhood. They retired with dignity and they left all four of their children better off than themselves.” ChildrenHomeDreamParentTeacherAchieveDadDignityPoliceMy DadFighterHotelNeighborhoodNurseAmerican DreamRetiredBillionaireNo MoneyPolice OfficerBartender Author:Marco Rubio
“Pretty much the only goal I've had since the beginning, which I still have, is just to get better, work hard, focus, and everything else will just be a bonus. As long as I'm satisfied, and I think we're getting better with every song compared to the last, then I'm satisfied and that's all I want. If we don't achieve that, then I'll be disappointed.” ThinkingLongSongGoalFocusAchieveHard WorkGet BetterDisappointed Author:Julian Casablancas
“So much has changed about the culture, it's so much more about money and celebrity. Celebrity not in the sense of people who achieve something, because in the old days, I think if you were famous it meant you were an achiever. Now it's the Kardashians.” PeopleThinkingCultureAchieveChanged Author:Patricia Bosworth
“Just don't let anything get in the way of what you want to achieve. A lot of people get knocked back by friends, or family, or peer pressure. If you have a talent and want to do something with it, it's down to you. If it's what you really want then go after it and be very selfish... You have to remain committed, you have to stay focused and you have to be selfish.” PeopleAchieveTalentCommittedFocusedSelfishStay FocusedPeer PressureBeing Selfish Author:George Sampson
“To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play what is that you want, but also when you can refine what you want to communicate to people. As a younger person, it wasn't something I thought about so much.” PeopleTryingEnoughAchieveBalanceCommunicate Author:Christian Scott
“You can't tell parents to teach children the value of work when we don't have jobs and the jobs we have don't pay a decent wage. You can't tell children to achieve and then let them go to broken-down schools with teachers who don't care. We need a consistency of values in our public, corporate, and private lives.” ChildrenCareSchoolValuesParentTeachTeacherAchieveDecentConsistency Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really, really want to do something, that the vast majority of achieving it is wanting it. I mean, really wanting it. Not a preference, and not, "Gee, I hope this." I mean really wanting it. It is the desire that makes you do what you have to do to achieve.” MeanDesireAchieveAchievement Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you look at the works psychologists have done about individual reports of wellbeing, what happens is that if you're poor, you are not happy. But once you achieve a certain level of material satisfaction then income has very little correlation with people's reported states of happiness, things like climate matter more, things like the culture of the country in which you're raised matter more and so the things really, let's face it, like individual temperament matter more than these things.” CountryDoneCultureIndividualPoorAchieveTemperamentPsychologistWellbeingNot Happy Author:Dale Jamieson
“You're always going to have dangerous, disaffected people in any society, and some will be violent. Increasing prosperity and reducing inequality won't solve that completely. But having big, positive dreams and a society that makes it possible to achieve those dreams is what we must strive for.” PeopleDreamAchieveDangerousStriveProsperityViolentInequality Author:Garry Kasparov
“It seems that once you achieve something large, the target on your back grows. But I always want to look at life as the glass is half full versus half empty. My father taught me this at an early age - that God is faithful (Romans 8:28), and that in the midst of hardship or attack, God has your back.” AgeFatherAchieveEmptyFaithfulHardship Author:David A. R. White
“I never had any ambition to do anything commercial, anything journalistic. I wanted to be an artist, and I wanted to be an artist whose work was done in the medium of photography. It may be debatable to this day whether I ever succeeded in achieving that ambition, but the point is, I never had any uncertainty about that.” DoneArtistAchieveAmbitionPhotographyUncertaintyThis Day Author:Lewis Baltz