“It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.” MenMindHeartMadeSelfHandsSeemsSuccessEffortGreatnessAchievementClaimsArrogantShallowHeart And MindNotableSelf MadeMany Hands Author:Walt Disney
“'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
“Part of my methodological approach is made explicit when I discuss ways in which literature can have philosophical significance. Literature doesn't typically argue - and when it does, it's deadly dull. But literature can supply the frame within which we come to observe and reason, or it can change our frame in highly significant ways. That's one of the achievements I'd claim for Mann, and for Death in Venice.” WayDoeMadeReasonLiteratureAchievementApproachClaimsPhilosophicalArguingSignificantDullSignificanceVeniceExplicitDeath In Venice Author:Philip Kitcher
“While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life.” SelfPastSpiritualSimpleIdentityAchievementDrawsClaimsExtraordinaryEncountersSpiritual LifeMysticalTrue SelfOrdinarinessAdulationMystical Experiences Author:Brennan Manning
“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others." - Howard Roark” MenNeedsDoeMatterEnergyNumbersMinutesMinesAchievementClaimsOne MinuteFountainheadHoward Roark Book:Ayn Rand Reader Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a great cathedral? If such achievements represent anything more than the requirements of physical law, it means that science must investigate the additional controlling factors, whatever they may be, in order that the world of nature may be adequately understood.” IfsMenWorldMayMeanActionLawScienceOrderTermFailingDesignAchievementUnderstoodClaimsFactorsAtomsElectricOrganismsRequirementsMotorCathedralsUniversalityLiving OrganismsElectric Motors Author:Arthur Compton
“If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.” IfsInspirationalWisdomAchievementClaimsExperimentsResumes Author:Mason Cooley