“Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We can recognize it more readily in others than we can in ourselves. We have to discover our own definition of it.” KnowsFeelsMayHelpingAchieveMastersConceptsDefinitionsMasteryElusive Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
“The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.” IfsMenMovingPayFailingAchieveEssenceEmbraceDefinitionsImperfectionMoving Ahead Author:Norman Cousins
“By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between loftiness and accessibility. Stir in the fact that the inborn talent and intelligence needed to achieve fame are immune to distributive tinkering by government programs and you have a definition of fame certain to produce envious rage: somebody screwed democracy.” FactsGovernmentAmericaCertainDemocracyAchieveTalentProduceNeededFameMessagesProgramFolksDefinitionsEqualityEnvyRageTensionContradictoryRelentlessImmuneEnviousForgedAccessibilityGovernment ProgramsOlympusTinkering Author:Florence King
“A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.” MatterLife IsPurposeCertainGoalAchieveDefinitionsUnhappyPursueFulfillmentFormulasHappy LifeDefinition Of SuccessUnhappy Life Author:Michael Josephson
“Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace." The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.” StoriesActionUsedGivenGraceAchieveAdviceEffectsAmountNotionDefinitionsSentencesShort StoryMaximsChekhovAspiring WritersCompression Author:Catherine Brady
“One definition of the wicked is that they will resort to whatever means are necessary to achieve their ends. Therefore, if those who oppose wickedness don't learn the art of war, they will be helpless.” IfsMeanArtWarEndsAchieveDefinitionsWickedHelplessWickednessResortsArt Of War Author:George Friedman