#accomplishments

It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible.  Why?  Because innately we know that nothing's impossible. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#human-nature #impossibility #impossible #innate #richelle

Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#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

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

#despise #either #must #people #supervise

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

— Lee Trevino

#his #i #i think #jim #lot

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. ↗

— Earl Warren

#accomplishments #always #failures #first #front

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#acquire #animal #become #god #himself

If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#bites #congress #hard #hard work #horse

When you begin to reason with the Lord, your attitude to the issues of life will change. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success-self-improvement

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#after #because #consider #done #everything