"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. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Coolidge, Calvin on perseverance
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"Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power."

Meyer, Paul J. on planning   

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."

Carnegie, Dale on enthusiasm
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"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."

Schwab, Charles M. on enthusiasm
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"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on enthusiasm
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"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."

Ford, Henry on enthusiasm
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"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business."

Getty, J. Paul on knowledge   

"Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them."

Commager, Henry S. on change
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"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

Thoreau, Henry David on busyness
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"The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business."

Brown, Derby on business   

"If you're too busy to help those around you succeed, you're too busy."

Unknown, Source on busyness   

"If you don't drive your business you will be driven out of business."

Forbes, B. C. on business   

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business."

Ford, Henry on business   

"Drive your business, let not your business drive you."

Franklin, Benjamin on business
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"Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships."

Perot, H. Ross on business   

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."

Roosevelt, Theodore on education
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"Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!"

Bovee, Christian Nevell on business
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"Education is too important to be left solely to the educators."

Keppel, Francis on education
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"The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on art