Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to everyday think what can be done better tomorrow. Stay hungry.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

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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.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Done
  • Single
  • Artist

• 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.

  

  Vash Young
  • Life
  • Victory
  • Achievement

• Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

  

  Edgar Lee Masters
  • Achievement
  • Gift
  • Strive

• 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.

  

  Florenz Ziegfeld
  • Great
  • May
  • Beginning

• 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.

  

  Sam Simon
  • Sick
  • Achievement
  • Funeral

• Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions.

  

  Dale T. Mortensen
  • Great
  • Small
  • Mountain

• To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Successful
  • Achievement
  • Big

• The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

  

  Gary Cooper
  • Friends
  • Community
  • Proud

• The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and … each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Mind
  • Growth
  • Achievement

• What typically emerges from looking at kids, gifted and ordinary, is that, from the kids’ point of view, accomplishment, that is, the private sense of mastery, the hard thing suddenly made easy, counts for far more in their inner lives than does the achievement-the competition won, the reward secured.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Kids
  • Competition
  • Achievement

• I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.

  

  Bianca Walkden
  • Life
  • Help
  • Athlete

• Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.

  

  Charles Stanley
  • Knowledge
  • Achievement

• It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.

  

  David Millar
  • People
  • Winning
  • Romantic

• Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

  

  Max Weber
  • Good
  • Achievement

• Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that.

  

  Gelsey Kirkland
  • Remember
  • High
  • Effort

• I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good.

  

  Matt Smith Poison
  • World
  • Good
  • Family

• If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.

  

  John Hickenlooper
  • Children
  • Achievement

• We all know that a call-up to the Springboks (South Africa national team) is a major achievement and the rewards, especially financial, are huge.

  

  Ashley Johnson
  • Up
  • Team
  • Financial

• The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium.

  

  Matt LeBlanc
  • Reality
  • Single
  • Perception

• Some of the greatest works of theater, from Chekov's work to modern playwrights', consist of just a few people in a room with no one leaving.

  

  Adam Rapp
  • People
  • Work
  • Leaving

• Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.

  

  Francis Chan
  • Reason
  • Should
  • Blessed

• I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • World
  • Love
  • English

• The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to everyday think what can be done better tomorrow. Stay hungry.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Achievement
  • Poison
  • Antidote