Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There is plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
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Enthusiasm is underrated
I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.
Edward Appleton
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You can do it
And if you can not, you will learn how to!
Always take a job that is too big for you.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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A motivating pun
Success comes in cans, failure in cant’s.
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It’s not just about luck
You have to be in the right place at the right time, but when it comes, you better have something on the ball.
Croucho Marx
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It’s quite simple
Success has a simple formula: Do your best, and people may like it.
Sam Ewing
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Sounding familiar?
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
Edward Teller
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Different positions
The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound under the scar.
Ernst Schroder
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A tall stand
Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
William Safire
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It’s in the detail
Excellence begins by doing something you have a natuarl talent for and enjoy. You become totally absorbed in the work. Attention and involvement in all the details lead to success.
James T. McCay
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