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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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
