#accomplishments

I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, or when an artist or a craftsman becomes one with the brush or the tool. It happens sometimes while you’re playing sports, or listening to music or lost in a story, or to some people when they feel enveloped by God’s love. And it happens most when we connect with other people. I’ve come to think that happiness isn’t really produced by conscious accomplishments. Happiness is a measure of how thickly the unconscious parts of our minds are intertwined with other people and with activities. Happiness is determined by how much information and affection flows through us covertly every day and year. ↗

— David Brooks

#affection #connections #consciousness #happiness #information

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. ↗

— Mark Twain

#boy #commonest #could #even #george

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#careful #crazy #lot #me #past

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development. ↗

— Kit Bond

#benefits #development #essential #nation #necessary

One of the best legislative accomplishments I've had here on an international basis and on saving lives is the bill we did against human trafficking. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#against #basis #best #bill #did

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#despise #either #must #people #supervise

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

#attention #cumulative #detail #effect #his

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#give #knowledge #luster #many #may

I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments. ↗