Quotes About Attainment

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that's what it took to get me where I'm at today, so be it.

For Aristotle, it is not within our power to seek anything else, and thus /all/ acts have for their basic purpose the attainment of happiness or that which is good in itself and not merely as a means to something else.

The object of painting a picture is-however unreasonable that may sound... The object which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. The picture is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of that state.

you cannot pursue success; success ensues.

El éxito, como la felicidad, no debe perseguirse, sino seguirse

say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to mankind, 'Had this day been wanting, the world had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining.

The very purpose of life is to reach the highest possible flowering.

All progression in spiritual things is dependent upon the attainment of humility.

We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our own spiritual attainment.

When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy.

Where there is even the subtlest desire, the 'Eternal Thing' cannot be attained.

Where the 'charging' (of karma) stops, there lies the symptoms (signs) of attaining moksha.

For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.

It was probably the biggest accomplishment of my life.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

Again, simply declaring your goal won't help you attain your dream, but unless you declare it—unless you believe in it—you have no chance of attaining it.

The proper formation and consecration of the Eucharist requires careful attention. The Objects of the Working must be chosen systematically. My own Record has all the faults of pioneer work: it contains much to avoid. There must be proper tabulation of the Experiments, and strictly scientific observation. Sentimentality, sexual or spiritual, must be sternly suppressed. Compliance with these conventions should assure a success far greater than I have myself attained.

How high did I get?" I wanted to know.

likemindedness is a function of humility. It is not necessarily a function of high intellectual attainment. If that is accompanied by pride (as it often is—1 Cor. 8:1), then the opposite of likemindedness will occur. Never forget that the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace—which necessarily includes this likemindedness—is in fact a work of the Spirit.

It may be, in fact, that once a system has attained a certain level of complexity, there is no way to rule out the possibility of failure.29 If so, we need not only better tools for thinking about systemic risk, but also a better way of thinking about how to respond to systemic failures when they inevitably occur.

Everyone confusedly conceives of a good in which the mind may be at rest, and desires it; wherefore everyone strives to attain it.