We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy."
Stressing the practice of living purposefully as essential to fully realized self-esteem is not equivalent to measuring an individual's worth by his or her external achievements. We admire achievements-in ourselves and others-and it is natural and appropriate for us to do so. But that is not the same thing as saying that our achievements are the measure or grounds of our self-esteem. The root of our self-esteem is not our achievements but those internally generated practices that, among other things, make it possible for us to achieve.
The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than by compulsion; if in the process we learn to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task.
We must not rest until right livelihood is within reach of every human being upon this earth we love and cherish. We all have a role to play in achieving this goal.
But what those critics don't know is that these same assets that excite me in the chase often, once they are acquired, leave me bored.
They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.
Education is inoculation against disruption.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of joy into a child or a grown-up's life, then I have achieved my lifetime ambition.
Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.
The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness.
The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.
A look at the past reminds us of how great is the distance, and how short, over which we have come. The past makes us ask what we have done with us. It makes us ask whether our very achievements are not ironical counterpoint and contrast to our fundamental failures.
You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.
Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.
To LOVE without condition, to SMILE without reason, and to SERVE without end... THIS is achievement
Life's not about money. Look at achievements, accomplishments . It's about having fun. It's about enjoying life.
Establish specific objectives, and move steadily toward them. A rudder won't control a drifting boat; it must be underway. Similarly, you need to be moving forward to gain control of your life.
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would for example get more satisfaction from climbing Snowdon, which I know I could, than from attempting Everest, which I couldn't.
The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
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