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Every brick in the wall of progress is cemented with the mortar of hard work.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
The world doesn't always give you what you deserve, but it always gives you what you earn...eventually.
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Fortune favors not the idle, but those who chase their dreams with relentless fervor.
We measure progress not by leaps, but by the steady tread of our boots on the path.
The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
Sometimes, the only way to see the stars is to climb the highest mountain.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do, and question everything.
Don't flinch. Don't foul. Hit the line hard.
Don't flinch, don't foul; hit the line hard.
Read 500 pages like this every day. That is how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest.
Don't confuse activity with achievement. Being busy isn't the same as being productive.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
The man who does nothing cuts the same figure as he who cannot.
Efficiency is intelligent laziness; find the better way, not just the hard way.
Do not mistake activity for achievement. A whirlwind of motion is not necessarily progress.
There is no substitute for hard work. Genius without effort is a canvas left blank.
Progress is not a gift; it is earned with relentless effort.
Progress is not a gift; it's earned through relentless effort.
Progress is always possible. The only question is, are you willing to pay the price?
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. And then just… keep going.
Do not mistake activity for achievement. Purposeful action, driven by clear goals, is the true measure of success.
Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, which I really worked for, is mine.
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future mine.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I have always worked, is mine.
To govern is to choose, and to choose is to invite both praise and criticism.
The value of an idea lies in using it.
The biggest reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
The magic is in the making, not just the finished product.
A little patience, a little more perseverance, and a great deal of hard work is required for success. Do not despair.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. And the secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. The rest is marketing.
I have found that the art of writing is simply the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous.
The world rewards those who act, not those who contemplate.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Don't just dream it, plan it, build it, and believe in it.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. But that one percent... it is the key to all.
The future is not a gift, but a conquest. We must earn it through relentless innovation.
There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never, ever give up.
To think is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.
If you can dream it, you can build it. Brick by brick, moment by moment.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, and are willing to work tirelessly to make them a reality.