Constancy of purpose achieves the impossible

[laur_melyanna]

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

Comments

[mamakinn]

I hadn't heard that before - how very true!

[laur_melyanna]

Yeah it does make sense doesn't it?

Of course persistence coupled with those other things is great too! But sometimes people who are too confident in their talent/genius/education put less of an effort to get where they want to, thinking that it weill be enough to open them the right doors.

[mamakinn]

And don't we all know someone who "could have" been famous/rich/successful but they never got the breaks? the breaks don't come knocking you have to hunt them down. One of my boys is quite successful as a textile designer but they taught him at University ( Goldsmiths College in London) that the work won't come to you just because you were a star at Uni - you have to go and find the work, and starve along the way if that's what it takes. That quote is going into my personal reference list.