“What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.” PeopleWantBookDreamAchieveShapes Author:Tamora Pierce
“When it comes to achieving your dreams, the excuse "I don't know where to start" is no longer valid. Between the countless self-help books available on Amazon.com and the limitless supply of free articles found through Google, everything you need is just a click away. It's time you go figure it out!” KnowsNeedsBookSelfHelpingDreamFoundAchieveSelf HelpFiguresWake UpExcuseAvailableYour DreamsArticlesGoogleLimitlessClicksAmazonAchieving Your DreamsSelf Help BooksWaking Up EarlyHelp Book Author:Hal Elrod
“Pat Robertson has written in a book a few years ago that we should have a world government, but only when the Messiah arrives. He wrote, literally, any attempt to achieve world order before that time must be the work of the Devil. Well join me - I’m glad to sit here at the right hand of Satan.” WorldShouldYearsWellsBookHandsGovernmentOrderWrittenAchieveDevilYears AgoShould HaveGladSatanMessiahWorld OrderWorld Government Author:Walter Cronkite
“As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but my goal is to make you almost live the books. I want you to fall through that page and feel as if these things are happening to you.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsBookFallGoalAchievePagesHappeningsI Want You Author:George R. R. Martin
“The point of page one is to make people turn to page two and if at the end of the book people think that the book was good value for money, you have achieved something, because if you haven't achieved those things you're not going to achieve the other thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingTwoBookEndsValuesTurnsAchieveHavensPagesGood Values Author:Terry Pratchett
“If you want to be happy, then it is within your grasp. The book you are holding can have a profound impact on your thinking and your attitude and can help you to do more, be more, and achieve more!” IfsThinkingWantBookHelpingAttitudeAchieveImpactProfoundWant To Be Happy Author:Willie Jolley
“it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And publicity in this case embarrasses me because I am acutely conscious of how far short the book falls of the artistry I am struggling to achieve. It's like being caught half-dressed.” MindBookFallHalfCasesStruggleAchieveProductsPersonalityConsciousCaughtConvictionPublicityArtistry Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an oyster bar, cracking clams for a living when he died. So, he never saw me complete a book or achieve anything of note. I would have liked to have shared this with him.” StillsBookProblemFatherBehindsSawsAchieveDrugStandingDiedNotesBarsCooksOystersUnsuccessfulClams Author:Anthony Bourdain
“For me my big dream that I would like to achieve is for each book to be better than the books that came before, to continue to improve and to become better as a writer and hopefully to have a long career.” LongBookDreamBigsCareersAchieveHopefullyLong Careers Author:Cassandra Clare
“This powerful, practical book, based on years of proven and profi table experience, shows you how to leverage your special talents to maximize the opportunities surrounding you. The Compound Effect is a treasure chest of ideas for achieving greater success than you ever thought possible!” YearsBookIdeasShowsOpportunityPowerfulGreaterAchieveSpecialEffectsTalentTablesTreasurePracticalsChestsProvenCompoundsSpecial TalentsTreasure Chests Author:Brian Tracy
“We live in a cluttered culture, a culture of information in which even our computers can't tell us what's worth knowing and what is merely cultural scrap. In such a society, we don't have the experience of contemplative space, of the time or mood to engage a book of poetry or even read a novel. Who can achieve the unconscious-conscious state of the reader when everything is stimulation, everything is movement and information?” BookStatesCultureSpaceNovelKnowingAchieveInformationMovementReaderComputerConsciousMoodUnconsciousScrapContemplativeStimulation Author:T.C. Boyle
“If you take all the marketing books in the world and distill them, the key to marketing is hope. People buy hope, the hope that you will help them solve a problem or achieve a goal.” PeopleIfsWorldBookHelpingProblemGoalAchieveKeysMarketingSolve Author:Brian Tracy
“A lot of films that have been adapted from books stop serving you because they become different. I mean, they are different entities in themselves, but artistically, what you're trying to achieve with a film is so very different to what you're trying to achieve with a book, and the way when you write a script is so very different on paper to how it seems on a screen.” WayWritingTryingMeanHas BeensBookDifferentSeemsFilmAchievePaperScriptsScreensServingEntityAdapted Author:Andrea Riseborough
“I attempt to read one book every day. I don't always achieve that, especially when I'm traveling. But when I'm home, I read almost a book a day. I certainly read a minimum of two or three a week. And as a result of that, I've read over 3,000 books in areas that interest me, like consciousness and spirituality, holistic health, leadership, success, psychological awareness, therapy, etc.” TwoBookHomeSpiritualityThreeInterestResultsConsciousnessWeekAchieveAwarenessAreasPsychologicalTherapyEtcMinimumHolistic Author:Jack Canfield
“Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively exceptions, a sombre graveyard of dead books.” YearsBookPastForeverAchieveDisappearListsFiftyExceptionPopularityLivelyGraveyard Author:Carlos Fuentes
“That being said, even if we cannot achieve it, journalism that strives toward objectivity and fairness has an important place in our society. So, too, does being honest and open when presenting our own opinions, as you do so well in your book” IfsWellsDoeSaidImportantBookOpinionAchieveHonestStriveJournalismBeing HonestOur SocietyFairnessStrifeObjectivityPresenting Author:Sheri Fink
“Lack of consistency is the subtle but great stealer of dreams & desires. The stop & start process is what kills progress & is probably one of the greatest reasons why many don’t achieve their goals & end up living in continuous discontent, frustration & disappointment. Many buy a new book, sign up for a new program, go like crazy for a few weeks, stop & end up right back where they started. Don't let this be you!” BookEndsReasonDreamDesireProcessGoalProgressWeekCrazyAchieveProgramDisappointmentReason WhyFrustrationSubtleBe YouConsistencyDiscontentNew BooksStealers Author:Darren Hardy
“The Bible defines almost nothing because it isn't a book for scholars and philosophers or free thinkers. It's a book for people who want help. It's primarily a book for pastors. They're the ones that can use it in a way so that it actually achieves its purpose.” PeopleWayWantBookHelpingUsePurposeAchievePhilosopherThinkerScholarPastorFree Thinkers Author:Dallas Willard
“At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are largely defined by the approval of others; over the arc of the story, I think that begins to change a little.” ThinkingWayLittlesLongBookIdeasSelfStoriesOrderOpinionAchieveAchievementIndependentOpeningDefinedAffectedApprovalLong WayArcsLonerIvySelf SufficiencySufficiencyLong Way To GoApproval Of Others Author:Liza Campbell
“Ordinary people like you and me can achieve very little on their own. We need to build support. Even if you are a thought leader and have some good ideas on how to make the world better, and even if you write five or ten books - that won't have much effect unless you have people who are willing to support your ideas.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsWritingLittlesBookIdeasLeaderSupportFiveAchieveEffectsWillingLike YouTenOrdinaryGood IdeasOrdinary People Author:Thomas Pogge