#achievement

When I was a child, I thought grown-ups and teachers knew the truth, because they told me they did. It took years for me to discover that the first step in finding out the truth is to begin unlearning almost everything adults had taught me, and to start doing all the things they'd told me NOT to do. Their main pitch was that achievement equaled happiness, when all you had to do was study rock stars, or movie stars, or them, to see that they were mostly miserable. They were all running around in mazes like everyone else. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#happiness #truth #equality

Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care. ↗

— Criss Jami

#achievement #attraction #care #conquer #dignity

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era. ↗

— David Amram

#am #creativity #enduring #energy #era

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#backgrounds #country #different #different backgrounds #diversity

All great achievements require time. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#great #great achievements #require #time

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. ↗

— Katharine Anthony

#began #independence #life #people #personal

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#areas #doing #enough #extraordinary #extraordinary things

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#apollo #chained #demonstrating #forever #further

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#american #impressive #less #quantitatively #satisfying

I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#along #atlanta #crowning #games #gold