Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement of wisdom of refinement with the democratic ideals of openness of social justice and of equal opportunity.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

You must accept responsibility for your actions but not the credit for your achievements.

If you call failures experiments you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Badges mean nothing in themselves but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm if that girl has won the same badge it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.

Thought is the original source of all wealth all success all material gain all great discoveries and inventions and of all achievement.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement all success all achievement in real life grows.

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement you are increasing your odds of achieving success.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment a household of children if things go reasonably well certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

Without continual growth and progress such words as improvement achievement and success have no meaning.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement crime and sexual behavior.

Denver is home to me and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.

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.

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes.

I want to say with the utmost of sincerity not as a Republican but as an American that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historic achievement to become his party's nominee not because of his color but with indifference to it.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.