#achievement

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. ↗

— Michael Korda

#always #been #between #distance #easy

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#achievement #ahead #charter #charter schools #cost

Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#activities #canadian #canadians #continue #future

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

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#acknowledge #amazing #embarrassed #great #great nation

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#after #dedicated #happiness #making #more

Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

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During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#after #between #black #black and white #board

The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

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