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    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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We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad read more

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

by Antisthenes Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

by J. Richard Clarke Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and read more

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

by Lloyd Jones Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

by Robert S. Hillyer Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.

by Grace Hansen Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for read more

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

by Louis Aragon Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

by Shirley Maclaine Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

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The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.

by I Ching Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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