#attainment

Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#desire #beauty

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Don't mistake activity with achievement. ↗

— John Wooden

#acquirement #act #action #activity #attainment

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don’t, you will leak away your innate contentment. It’s easy enough to pray when you’re in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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