#accomplishments

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time only a dream. Just as the oak sleeps in the acorn, and the bird waits in the egg, so dreams are the seedlings of realities. ↗

— Jeff Wheeler

#dreams #dreams

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

Don’t simply exist in this world, but grasp life’s potential by the jacket. Dare it to be all it can. Make life historical—a gripping account of accomplishment. Make life a mystery—a challenging, bold adventure. Make life heartfelt—an enduring, poetic romance. Whatever it is you make of your world, live the fairytale. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dreams #drive #eena #hope #initiative

If no one else, the dying must notice how unreal, how full of pretense, is all that we accomplish here, where nothing is allowed to be itself. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#pretentious #accomplishments

Ah, Ms. Ferrars. I don't know what you hope to accomplish by sitting in the corner. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#juliette #accomplishments

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't ↗

— Jerry Rice

#accomplishments

Everything we'll accomplish, we'll do it together or not at all. ↗

— Shelly Crane

#maggie #accomplishments

...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment? ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#fiery-cross #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

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