“In this context of achievement-and-death, artist who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings cannot be sold and taken home; they can only be supported.” HomeArtistTakenActivityAchievementHappeningsMythMelodrama Book:Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life Source: Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life
“Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. We are so busy making things happen that we have little time left to think about the value of what is happening. We urgently need people who concentrate on the meaning of life rather than simply the speed.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsLittlesHappensTodayValuesLeftJudgingAchievementHappeningsBusySpeedThings HappenMeaning Of LifeLittle TimeTime LeftLittle Time Left Author:Joan D. Chittister
“If it's achievement that you place your value in, you're never going to achieve enough. If it's power, you always need to wield power over others. If it's money, you'll never be rich enough. But if you do something and are a part of what is happening, then you're always in it and it's always enough.” IfsNeedsEnoughValuesRichAchieveAchievementHappeningsPower Over Others Author:Jason Segel
“That is the wearisome part of business - there is no peace, no sense of certain, permanent achievement, no stability. The unexpected, and usually the awful, is forever happening.” CertainBusinessForeverAchievementHappeningsAwfulPermanentUnexpectedStability Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“My biggest achievement is raising a healthy, happy family. As far as regrets, I don't really have too many. Although I've gone through some things in my life that didn't feel too good while they were happening, they allowed me to mature and develop into the man I am today. Those moments have taught me a lot. I wouldn't be the same person if I hadn't had those experiences.” IfsMenFeelsPersonsMomentsTodayGoneTaughtHe ManRegretHealthyAchievementHappeningsMatureHappy FamilyHealthy Happy Author:Snoop Dogg
“Whatever happens, take responsibility.” InspirationalHappensMotivationalSpiritualResponsibilitySituationFailureAchievementHappeningsResponsibleCoachingTaking ResponsibilityPersonal ResponsibilityWhatever HappensService Culture Book:Unlimited Power a Black Choice Source: Unlimited Power a Black Choice
“I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.” PeopleWorldHappensThreeClassWatchesSocietyAchievementHappeningsMajorityNotionThings HappenDividesOverwhelmingMake Things Happen Author:Nicholas Murray Butler
“The secret of biography resides in finding the link between talent and achievement. A biography seems irrelevant if it doesnt discover the overlap between what the individual did and the life that made this possible. Without discovering that, you have shapeless happenings and gossip.” IfsMadeSeemsIndividualSecretTalentAchievementFindingsHappeningsGossipLinksDiscoveringBiographiesIrrelevant Author:Leon Edel
“And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.” KnowsImportantCountrySeemsOrderNationsAchievementHappeningsIdealsGloriousHappening Again Author:George Takei