Samuel Johnson: Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not…
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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- Just as you can never hold greatness down, you can never raise anything or anyone up by being mediocre.
- You have to do more than just 'Go GET' what you want in life; you must GO GRIT IT!"
- All personal greatness lies beyond the normal self. The desire to be the best you that you can be—along with daily disciplines and long-term commitment—will awaken potential greatness and produce GREATNESS results.
- Don't hold back on giving the best part of you to people who think the best of you! Don't allow those who think worst to keep you from BEING your BEST!
- All that I have accomplished, or expect or hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the antheap, particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.
- The most useful form of patience is persistence. Patience implies waiting for things to improve on their own. Persistence implies keeping your head down and continuing to work when things take longer than you expect.