. . . little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and accomplishment and service to city and nation still exist.
. . . I crave a shawl. " He was tense with anger but his hands remained gentle at her waist. He said, "I can make you a shawl. " She cocked her head. "You knit? Well. That's an unusual accomplishment in a soldier.
There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.
Success is not necessarily determined by material possessions or accomplishments. You can enjoy success simply by reaching the point where you are perfectly content with your life in every respect and you feel no dissatisfaction or pressing need for anything else. In this sense, you can be a success sitting by yourself in a quiet place contemplating the world.
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
Being a siddha master is indeed a great accomplishment, but it is not the same as being enlightened. People confuse siddha masters, who have the power to perform miracles, with enlightened masters who can enter into samadhi.
The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence.
Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them-it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!
Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.
An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.
My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.
I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.
Intimacy, says the phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard, is the highest value. I resist this statement at first. What about artistic achievement, or moral courage, or heroism, or altruistic acts, or work in the cause of social change? What about wealth or accomplishment? And yet something about it rings true, finally—that what we want is to be brought into relationship, to be inside, within. Perhaps it’s true that nothing matters more to us than that.
I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments!
No one paid attention to my offense. So having 2,000 hits is one of the things that is an accomplishment.
Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.
Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment.