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.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,
which are exact and cannot be changed. read more

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,
which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them
or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you
more problems.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not
a thing to be read more

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not
a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

When fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start
doing it right away.

When fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start
doing it right away.