"If I am a cup maker, I'm..." - Quote by Denzel Washington
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
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“Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.”
“In marriage, if you're a guy, learn two phrases. One is "yes, dear" and the other is "honey, you're right." Be patient. Be good friends first. And stick together. You gotta work at it. It's not all a honeymoon, it's not all flowers and roses, but if you're friends and partners and committed, you'll be okay. And everybody's got advice for you - don't listen.”
“We live in a time when people give up too easy.”
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“Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.”
“Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.”
“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.”
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“It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.”
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
“On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.”