The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.

Quote by Kenneth Clark

Topics: Achievement Quotes

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out...

A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out...

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying...

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it...

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Everything I've accomplished I've accomplished through the grace of God and pure stubbornness

Everything I've accomplished I've accomplished through the grace of God and pure stubbornness

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can...

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can...

We can spend our whole lives underachieving.

We can spend our whole lives underachieving.