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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Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
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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There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.
The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.
Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.
Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.
