#achieve

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

#after #away #chief #financial #independence

Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#about #achieve #agree #anything #chemical

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again. ↗

— Peter Hain

#again #against #clique #european #freedom

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#achievement #better #country #cup #everyone

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#achieved #climb #everybody #however #lasting

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#born #mediocre #mediocrity #men #some

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#against #becomes #certain #certain level #difficult

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#actually #fluid #goal #life #never

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. ↗

— Eric Hobsbawm

#device #efforts #generating #major #necessary

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#achieved #effort #hands #his #how