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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
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living read more
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the read more
Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without read more
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.
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.
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
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.
