Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

To finish first, you must first finish.

To finish first, you must first finish.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never read more

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The read more

Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The Brothers Karamazov
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Nothing recedes like success.

Nothing recedes like success.

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why
deprive somebody who really loves it.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why
deprive somebody who really loves it.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.