There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good.
I like to show subjects inside a sealed veneer. There's a sense that you can't get in.
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
Without failure there is no achievement.
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.
Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
Who can refute a sneer?