If we are going to make a mark (key 21), it might as well be a meaningful one.
Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.
The fact that we haven't faced another major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11 is a very significant achievement, and one that's easy to forget - it's the dog that doesn't bark.
I want to do something that matters.
All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.
Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.
I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. . . . All significant achievement results largely from perseverance.
I think we were instrumental in saving downtown Seattle. To me, that's the biggest thing we did.
Fifty years seems like a good anniversary. Even after I'm dead, how much better could I get than this? I mean, it's great, I'm not dead, so I get to see it.
I just want to do something big if I do anything at all.
First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I admire right now.
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.
I just wanted to do something important.
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
Goals should be difficult to achieve because those achieved with little effort are seldom appreciated, give little personal satisfaction, and are often not very worthwhile. There is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance.
To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.
Dianetics is a milestone for man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his invention of the wheel and the arch.
It's the first hat trick of my career, so I will treasure the match ball.
I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
If you're not intimidated or maybe a little weary of taking on a role, then it may not be challenging enough and it may not be worth doing.
