“The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.” WellsWarSufferingProductsCircumstancesAchievement Author:William Pfaff
“'Mediocre' tends to mean 'undistinguished', while snobs enjoy their distinguishing hallmarks of style - how they wear clothes, use words, where they go and gather and gossip. ...Whatever the circumstances the genius has put you into, the fact of individuality defends the soul against all class-action claims. No soul is mediocre, whatever your personal taste for conventionality, whatever your personal record of middling achievements.” MeanSoulFactsUseActionEnjoyClassRecordsStyleGeniusCircumstancesTasteAchievementClothesClaimsIndividualityGossipMediocreHallmarkSnobConventionalityPersonal Taste Author:James Hillman
“One doesn't diminish a philosopher's achievement, and doesn't undermine its soundness, by showing how the particular set of questions on which he focused, the orientation he brought to bear on his focus, has some causal connection to the circumstances of his life.” FocusParticularBearsCircumstancesAchievementConnectionsPhilosopherFocusedDiminishOrientationSoundness Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.” InspirationalMotivationalSuccessEffortTeacherHonestCircumstancesAchievementDeterminationAdversityEndeavorPersistentDo The BestOvercoming AdversityOften Is Book:The Optimistic Life Source: The Optimistic Life