“There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.” PersonsLevelsHigherAchievementPerformancesStriveHigher LevelBest Performance Book:Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living Source: Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living
“COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMatterShowsValuesChoicesGoalLevelsStepsPositionInspireAchievementCommitmentImportanceGood ThingsEndureVery GoodConvictionDeterminedFocusedFirst StepsEvaluate Author:John C. Maxwell
“The result of [the] cumulative efforts to investigate the cell - to investigate life at the molecular level - is a loud, clear, piercing cry of 'design!' The result is so unambiguous and so significant that it must be ranked as one of the greatest achievements in the history of science. The discovery rivals those of Newton and Einstein, Lavoisier and Schrödinger, Pasteur, and Darwin. The observation of the intelligent design of life is as momentous as the observation that the earth goes around the sun.” EarthLife IsLevelsResultsEffortSunClearCryDesignAchievementDiscoveryIntelligentSignificantObservationCellsLoudRivalsNewtonPiercingsIntelligent DesignHistory Of ScienceCumulativeGreatest AchievementPasteur Author:Michael Behe
“It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement .” HardBlackLevelsDealsAchievementPraiseIndividualityCelebrateIndulgenceDisdainExemplary Author:John Ridley
“This splendid book discusses how, in the last two hundred fifty years, large numbers of people have achieved levels of well-being that were previously available only to a few individuals, and how this achievement has given rise to equally unprecedented inequalities. Unique in its focus and scope, exceptional knowledge and coherence, and careful argumentation, The Great Escape is highly illuminating and a delight to read.” PeopleYearsWellsTwoBookLastsIndividualGivenLevelsNumbersFocusAchievementUniqueHundredCarefulDelightAvailableInequalityWell BeingFiftyExceptionalScopeSplendidUnprecedentedLarge NumbersIlluminatingCoherenceArgumentationGreat Escape Author:Thomas Pogge
“If you dont measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?” PeopleIfsLevelsAchievement Author:Bing Gordon
“Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well.” IfsWellsLevelsFailingFailureAchievementFuelMotivatedFear Of FailureAfraid To Fail Author:Ruth Simmons
“Creating a high-functioning education system requires all the strategies involved in building high-functioning organisations anywhere. It requires a deliberate and aggressive strategy to ensure extraordinary talent at every level of the system, from the superintendentcy to district offices to principalships to classrooms. It requires building systems for accountability; offering parents the ability to choose their public schools is the ultimate form of this. It requires building a strong culture at the system and school levels based on high expectations for student achievement.” SchoolFormCultureStrongParentAbilityLevelsTalentStudentsBuildingInvolvedOfficeAchievementCreatingExpectationsUltimateStrategyExtraordinaryAccountabilityAggressiveClassroomOfferingDeliberatePublic SchoolOrganisationEducation SystemHigh ExpectationsAbility To ChooseStudent Achievement Author:Wendy Kopp
“You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.” ThinkingMotivationalNextLevelsAchievementSpringDefeatAccomplishmentBoardsNext Level Author:Les Brown
“Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.” OpportunityAbilityLevelsStudyDependsGeniusAchievementResearchScientist Author:Peter Drucker
“Your level of achievement will rise to meet the level of your purpose.” PurposeLevelsAchievement Author:Ralph Marston