Success Assessment Quotes

The Agency became so wrapped up in the military operation that it failed to appraise the chances of success realistically. Furthermore, it failed to keep the national policymakers adequately and realistically informed of the conditions considered essential for success.

I think President Obama has been an extraordinarily successful president, and that this period will record that with a bunch of exclamation points. But obviously, not everybody thinks that.

It's hard to criticize someone who's hugely successful.

The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges.

The time to think about personal achievement is at the end of your career.

The principle that needs to be used to guide the spending is, 'How successful is the program?'

I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.

Milestones have never really meant a lot. They probably will mean more when I've finished playing and actually reflect on what I have achieved.

The truth is that you can't really tell how anybody's doing in the tech business for at least five or 10 years.

I feel like 'Just.me' is not successful, but it is not a failure.

Honestly, I had a kid, so you watch the movies your kids want to watch. I'm also a producer, so when I watch movies, I look at them from the genre they are, the budget they had, and the time they had to produce it. That's how I evaluate their success.