Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

Abdolkarim Soroush
Abdolkarim Soroush

One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.

Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan

Without my services, Pakistan would never have been the first Muslim nuclear nation. We were able to achieve the capability under very tough circumstances, but we did it.

Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II of Jordan

Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?

Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II of Jordan

Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.

Abigail Disney
Abigail Disney

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow

The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.

Abu Abbas
Abu Abbas

We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals.

Adam Ant
Adam Ant

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.