#achieve

The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. ↗

— Robert Trout

#allocation #any #argued #avoiding #best

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#creative #mankind #periods #prolific #seldom

I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#achieve #focusing #i #little #little things

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life. ↗

— Dave Winfield

#extraordinary #extraordinary things #heroes #know #life

Never mistake activity for achievement. ↗

— John Wooden

#activity #mistake #never

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#course #decency #golf #golf course #honesty

Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#affairs #foreign #foreign affairs #gets #had

As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay. ↗

— Chely Wright

#achieve #age #being #compound #could

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful. ↗

— Loretta Young

#achievement #beautiful #being #born #personal

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#becoming #came #concentration #doctor #getting