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The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Every teacher has to learn the lession.
Every teacher has to learn the lession.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of read more
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by read more
Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committee
for an animal adapted to communities without water..
it was a divine consensus.