Denis Waitley Quotes
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
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The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
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Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.
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And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.
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The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's funeral because they all know I'm sick. I am getting buildings named after me and awards and stuff.
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I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.
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Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions.
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To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.
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I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
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In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor's 'Barsaat,' they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
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The greatest problem for the human race, to the solution of which Nature drives man, is the achievement of a universal civic society which administers law among men.
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What an extraordinary achievement. What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. What a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.
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No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.
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I was thinking of the word Surrealistic . . . I don't think it should be used exclusively with my photographs. The meaning is close but I think my tendencies are more toward the whimsical or absurd. Surrealism is more connected with morbidity. From that I am very far away.
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The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world.
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I love watching people enjoying food. It's very relaxing for me to cook.
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I couldn't wait to be an adult woman, and I'm glad I felt that way as a kid because, when I grew up, I realised I live in a world where the female form is really disrespected, and society is often trying to wrestle the female form into a shape that looks more like a young boy.
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The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
