The conscious mind hungers for success and prestige.

First accrue wealth, power, and prestige, then lose it.

Sputnik wasn't a technical loss, but it was a prestige loss.

You see, I don't work with prestige, so always do mistakes.

Of these, the Diplomatic Career enjoys the highest responsibility, prestige and remuneration.

The red trousers represented army pride and prestige and military traditionalists were not prepared to give it up.

You remember the space race in the '60s was for national prestige, because we lost the first two milestones.

UNIDO's current stability and international prestige were largely due to the leadership of Mr. Magariños over the past eight years.

Member States are therefore rightly concerned about the decline in the Assembly's prestige and its diminishing contribution to the Organization's activities.

Security Council reform is not about any country's prestige or power, but about transforming the balance of power in the world.

As a result, those who possess national consciousness become committed to and defensive of the dignity of the nation measured by its standing, or prestige, vis à vis other nations. That is why competition for national prestige has been the main motive in international politics since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Now, the human has a whole other way to rise to the top, and that is a prestige route, which is freely conferred.

Azerbaijan, like many other States, is concerned about the decline in the General Assembly's prestige and its diminishing profile in the Organization's activities.

Now, you had a lot of power, and you got to beat people up you got a lot of prestige, a lot of respect.

Past performance is also important the visibility and prestige of a sport increases after Olympic success, as does funding. Medals attract money failure results in cuts.

The United Nations and its institutions can regain their prestige and accountability only when they prove themselves able to adopt operational decisions for the solving of today's imminent problems.

When the Prestige sank off the coast of Spain, there were big, floating cushions the size of sofa cushions of emulsified oil, with the consistency, or the viscosity, of chewing gum.

In fact, US prestige has suffered much since 2008. America s national politics is so poisoned by provincial partisanship especially among Republicans, who have hated Obama from the beginning that democracy itself looks damaged.

So the moderates are the ones who should get the anti aircraft and anti tank weapons. Having them, their prestige among other fighters will soar, and so will support for their moderate stance.

We must ask ourselves a question must we pay the price of lack of progress on reform because of the stubbornness of some States that want to gain prestige by becoming permanent members?

The decline of free market orthodoxy in the rest of the world was caused by two factors its failures as an approach to economic policy and the decline of US prestige and soft power.

Many of these pernicious side effects can already be perceived. The first, and deepest, consequence consists in plummeting prestige of and respect for the US and the Bush administration in Latin American public opinion.

The Organization, at the risk of losing prestige, must find a way to force Morocco to stop flouting United Nations resolutions even as it declared itself to be a nation that respected democratic values.

Such respect for the Court's decision will help to enhance the Court's stature and prestige among Member States and will in turn inculcate a culture of respect for international law in relations among States.

It used to be, two, three hundred years ago, that a lawn was a symbol of prestige, and so it was only the very rich that could keep these green actually, deserts they're totally sterile.

Your impressive curriculum and the fact that you have held until very recently the position of Foreign Minister of Peru adds prestige and authority to your country, to the presidency and to the CD itself.

Discoveries occur incrementally, and, because it is science, each step is announced and tested. Research establishments gain momentum this way, with the leaders sweeping up talent, resources, and prestige in a rough and tumble intellectual ecology.

The French regard with great sadness their declining status and prestige not only in world politics, but also in culture, science and, importantly, language. Europe, in their view, was always a way of reclaiming world influence.

The Commission on Human Rights has lost prestige because of the political manipulation, selectivity, politicization, double standards, blackmail and hypocrisy of a group of developed countries, whose sole objective is to realize their own political interests.

Mr. Babadoudou (Benin) (spoke in French) Mr. Minister, my delegation wishes to welcome your presence among us this morning it lends a particular prestige to this Council meeting devoted to the final conflict ravaging the heart of Europe.

We must value a sense of moderation and modesty instead of an unquenchable greed for money, prestige, and consumption. In greed humans lose their souls , their freedom, their composure, their inner peace, and thus that which makes them human.

And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it as the accumulation of material possessions or the attainment of a position of power or prestige, or something of that sort worthy accomplishments perhaps, but in my opinion not necessarily indicative of success.

This is the most irritating aspect of Blatter s FIFA. The corruption, the vote buying, the absurd thirst of soccer bosses for international prestige, the puffed out chests festooned with medals and decorations all of that is par for the course.

Such a process might well confer prestige on Putin. That would be a price worth paying if it contributed to a dynamic that over time reduced both the suffering of the Syrian people and the danger posed by the Islamic State.

Some nations do not feel threatened by imaginary insults to national dignity for various historical reasons, they believe themselves to be superior to others. But, if their prestige is in fact at stake, the perception of a threat becomes decisive.

The Lord said, We will support you by your brother and will grant you such prestige that no one will dare to approach anyone of you. By the help of Our miracles both you and your follower will certainly triumph.

The Lord said, We will support you by your brother and will grant you such prestige that no one will dare to approach anyone of you. By the help of Our miracles both you and your follower will certainly triumph.

The question now is whether this determination can bring about the type of surprising breakthrough to peace that Sadat s newfound prestige in 1973 yielded. Ironically instead of weakening Lebanon, one clear winner of this war is the unity and independent will of Lebanon.

If so, it is not the game itself that they have forsaken, but rather the kind of game that football has become a billion dollar business, a prestige object for louche plutocrats, and an extravagant showpiece for corrupt governments and international sporting organizations.

In the bilateral sphere, it reinforces the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba, in that it seeks to prevent foreign investment in the island deriving from the international marketing of Cuban products whose trademarks and trade names have won international prestige.

The addition of the renminbi to the basket, which currently includes the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen, would provide China with a boost to its prestige. More important, it would advance the government s efforts to internationalize the renminbi.

The news blackout imposed by Burma s military junta on its decision to forego its turn as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year shows that it has received a severe blow to its prestige. Indeed, the decision was far from voluntary.

With hundreds of dams still likely to become targets for protest, pressure will only intensify for a more significant response. The government could launch a broad crackdown on such protests, although this would risk damaging China s prestige internationally and provoking larger, more violent protests.

Yet China is in no mood to plead poverty when dealing with the West. Its aim is to gain as much prestige as possible from the Olympic games in 2008 and the six month World Expo in Shanghai during the spring and summer of 2010.

It is easy to blame Obama, or the reckless Republicans, for this sorry state of affairs. But that would miss the most important point about America s role in the world The same idealism that made Kennedy so popular is also driving the decline in America s international prestige.