Achievement

Achievement may refer to:

  • Armorial achievement or coat of arms, a design belonging to a particular person or group of people
  • Achievement (video gaming) - A system of meta-goals defined outside of a video or computer game's narrative or direct challenge structur
  • Achievement a price or recognition

Famous quotes containing the word achievement:

    “Japanese mothers credit “effort” as the key determinant of a child’s achievement in school, while American mothers name “ability” as the more important factor.”
    —Perry Garfinkel (20th century)

    “She was so overcome by the splendor of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him, along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous effort. And while she closed with a Scriptural flourish, he “hooked” a doughnut.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “... very little achievement is required in order to pity another man’s shortcomings.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)