Achieving Quotes - page 9

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success. (Brooklyn Decker)
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience. View quote
David Simon
If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played. View quote
Daley Thompson
We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government. View quote
Dennis Cardoza
Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons. View quote
Dorothy E. Denning
My exercise varies from yoga to Pilates. The yoga provides me with achieving my balance and mental relaxation, whereas the Pilates allow me to work my inner core through stretching and keeping my muscles toned. View quote
Erin Heatherton
I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself. View quote
Ed Begley, Jr.
I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal. View quote
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy. View quote
Fred Barnes
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team. View quote
Frederick W. Smith
I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone. (Gioconda Belli)
Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one. View quote
Grant Achatz
When we want to reach a dream for the second time, you want it to come true, when you try so hard, you are so close to achieving it, it makes things very difficult to live with afterwards. View quote
Guy Forget
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. View quote
Henry Petroski
I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving. View quote
Jamie Redknapp
When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to create her sound, because her physicality was so much to do with her sound. View quote
Jane Horrocks
If you look at the movies that come out, most of them are bad, so it's not as if achieving some level of success means you get offered better roles, because frankly they don't seem to exist. View quote
Jesse Eisenberg
I enjoy hard work, I love setting goals and achieving them. View quote
Jewel
Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs. View quote
John Podhoretz
Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary. View quote
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives. (Kajol)
There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection. View quote
Kara DioGuardi
Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible? View quote
Karen Finerman
I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth... View quote
Lucas Papademos
If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving. View quote
Lynn Davies