"If you want to be a good..." - Quote by Socrates
If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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“Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.”
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
“If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.”
More on Practice
“Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.”
“It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice”
“My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.”
More on Skill
“I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.”
“He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.”
“A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.”