Be content to grow a little each day. If the improvement is the sort of thing which is very slow do not measure it too often. Do a self-comparison every two weeks or every six months whatever is ap...
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
If I don't get off the mat I'll lose the fight.
There was a Texas Ranger one time who said that there's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.
One thing we learned. To make a start and keep plugging. When I had fights at school the little while I went I just bowed my neck and kept swinging until something hit the dirt. Sometimes it was me...
I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write and then I remember that it was always difficult and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.
Business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.
Think of a fine painter attempting to capture an inner vision beginning with one corner of the canvas painting what he thinks should be there not quite pulling it off covering it over with white p...
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