"What is there that is illustrious that..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?
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“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”
“It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant."[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.”
“There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.”
More on Achievement
“The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.”
“So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.”
“The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with and received the papers from the secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous work which had been executed.”
More on Effort
“There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.”
“Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.”
“The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.”