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You've got to be kidding. Just some re-worded pabulum from the Little Engine that Could.

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Respectfully, I disagree with you. "The Little Engine that Could" says that if you want to do something, and you try hard enough, you will succeed. That's simply wrong. I want to run 100m in 8s, but no matter how hard I try it's not going to happen. But that's not what he said. He said you have to work hard, and without hard work you're unlikely/not going to succeed. That's pretty much true, and it's certainly better than assuming you can succeed without hard work. The probability of that happening is non-zero, but small. Who was it that said "The harder I work, the luckier I get." So I'm interested in which part you disagree with. Let's see the bits I quoted: But the truth is, being successful is hard. Yup, I'd agree with that. You won’t love every subject you study. That's certainly true. You won’t click with every teacher. That's true enough. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. Hard to disagree with that. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. The conditional makes that hard to disagree with, but even so, it's pretty much true. ... you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. That's a philosophy I agree with through and through. My failures - and there are plenty - are not me, and I have learned from them. So, let me finish by asking this. Correlation suggests - but does not prove - that the down-modding of my comment was done by you. It happened at pretty much the same time as you comment, and your comment indicates that you disagree with its sentiment. So let me ask: Did you down-mod simply because you disagreed with the sentiment? If so, with which part do you disagree? Help me to understand you. I thought down-modding was intended to be used when you thought a comment was of negative value. Do you really think that quotation is of negative value? I respect that you have your opinion, but I'd like to know what it is so I can choose to agree or disagree. At the moment you simply seem to be wrong.

Respectfully, I disagree with you. "The Little Engine that Could" says that if you want to do something, and you try hard enough, you will succeed. That's simply wrong. I want to run 100m in 8s, but no matter how hard I try it's not going to happen. But that's not what he said. He said you have to work hard, and without hard work you're unlikely/not going to succeed. That's pretty much true, and it's certainly better than assuming you can succeed without hard work. The probability of that happening is non-zero, but small. Who was it that said "The harder I work, the luckier I get." So I'm interested in which part you disagree with. Let's see the bits I quoted: But the truth is, being successful is hard. Yup, I'd agree with that. You won’t love every subject you study. That's certainly true. You won’t click with every teacher. That's true enough. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. Hard to disagree with that. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. The conditional makes that hard to disagree with, but even so, it's pretty much true. ... you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. That's a philosophy I agree with through and through. My failures - and there are plenty - are not me, and I have learned from them. So, let me finish by asking this. Correlation suggests - but does not prove - that the down-modding of my comment was done by you. It happened at pretty much the same time as you comment, and your comment indicates that you disagree with its sentiment. So let me ask: Did you down-mod simply because you disagreed with the sentiment? If so, with which part do you disagree? Help me to understand you. I thought down-modding was intended to be used when you thought a comment was of negative value. Do you really think that quotation is of negative value? I respect that you have your opinion, but I'd like to know what it is so I can choose to agree or disagree. At the moment you simply seem to be wrong.