They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
We have met the enemy and it is us. - "Pogo comic strip".
We have met the enemy and it is us. - "Pogo comic strip".
A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.
A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
