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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was read more
Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people
Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people
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
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
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.