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"Godlike genius.. Godlike nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! I've failed my way to success." -- Thomas Edison "Let me tell you the secret that has led me t
by gnosis 14y ago
"Godlike genius.. Godlike nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! I've failed my way to success." -- Thomas Edison
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lives solely in my tenacity." -- Louis Pasteur
"Men give me credit for genius; but all the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject on hand I study it profoundly." -- Alexander Hamilton
"What I had that others didn't was a capacity for sticking to it." -- Doris Lessing
- jackalope 14y agoTenacity and study are certainly important in achieving your goals, but self-examination is crucial in determining if those goals are indeed worthwhile.
- gnosis 14y agoIndeed, as Socrates said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." And "know thyself" was the inscription over the temple at Delphi.