Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.
You really don't have to subscribe to the life that had been written for you.
Can anything be called an achievement if it does not simultaneously enhance the life of someone other than the one who has done the achieving?
Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.
Success is likened to a deep pit, you have to jump in to get it, then you'll need a ladder of grace to climb out to enjoy it.
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
Once you dominate yourself through conciousness, the attachments disappear and you can genuinely achieve your dreams.
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving...
Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.