"Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another."
- Angela Duckworth
Personal Growth
"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"As much as talent counts, effort counts twice."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"In times of crisis, culture is what holds us together."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"Time and energy are limited. Any successful person has to decide what to do in part by deciding what not to do."
- Angela Duckworth
Time Management
"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 will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence
"I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes."
- Barbara Elaine Smith
Persistence
"First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice."
- Octavia Butler
Persistence
"A dragonfly's journey is proof that persistence carves canyons from cliffs"
Persistence
"Persistence pays off, buzz on like the dragonfly"
Persistence