I suppose it was that in courtship everything is regarded as provisional and preliminary, and the smallest sample of virtue or accomplishment is taken to guarantee delightful stores which the broad leisure of marriage will reveal. But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and that the sea is not within sight-that, in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.
At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship.
Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.
Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.
Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
I haven't taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven't been in jail, and I don't go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That's something of an accomplishment these days
I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.
Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.
So far, the only major accomplishment of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters is that they have finally put an end to their previous initiative, Occupy Our Mothers' Basements.
Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance.
Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.
We are not these bodies; we're neither our accomplishments nor our possessions—we are all one with the Source of all being, which is God.
One is too small a number to achieve greatness. No accomplishment of real value has ever been achieved by a human being working alone.
You are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments with your name written on them.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments.
The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.
Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.
What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity.