#t

But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend to leave infinitely more valuable records behind them than men do who are merely brilliant and creative. They tend to express themselves more clearly, and they usually have a passion for following their thoughts through to the end. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#education

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#desire #power #achievement

Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your N.E.W.T.s, but if you attempt to — er — 'bring me in' by force, I will have to hurt you. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#warning #achievement

There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#envy #achievement

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#psychology #self-awareness #understanding #achievement

I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. "You're the one who wasn't paying attention. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #peeta-mellark #attention

If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart... ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#buddhism #mindfulness #attention

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#attention

What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act? That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you...every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#attention

How in the world did they just jump from politics, to a ball, and now to daimon attacks? And here I’d thought I had the attention span of an ant on Red Bull. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#attention