#vera

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

#determination #first-impression #fool #foolish #genius

I am not more gifted than the average human being. If you know anything about history, you would know that is so--what hard times I had in studying and the fact that I do not have a memory like some other people do… I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up on a problem until I have found the proper solution. This is one of my greatest satisfactions in life--solving problems--and the harder they are, the more satisfaction do I get out of them. Maybe you could consider me a bit more patient in continuing with my problem than is the average human being. Now, if you understand what I have just told you, you see that it is not a matter of being more gifted but a matter of being more curious and maybe more patient until you solve a problem. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#curiousity #life

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#inspirational #perseverance #persistence #work-ethic #education

Women are never so strong as after their defeat. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#empowerment #perseverance #strength #women #perseverance

To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#perseverance #progress #sailing #sea #perseverance

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

#clarity #mind #power #read #perseverance

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." ("The Castle") ↗

— Michael Connelly

#writing #writing-craft #perseverance

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#difficulty #perseverance #potentiality #trial #perseverance

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed. ↗

— Sophocles

#failure #perseverance #persistence #perseverance

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#perseverance