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You can accomplish much if you don't care who gets the credit. It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you? If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. One of the most insistent things in life is that you are ultimately judged by what you actually accomplish. The busy world of workers gives scant attention to assertion, explanation, protest, apology or complaint. What counts most is not promise, but performance. Good work speaks for itself, therefore achieve something first, and talk about it afterward if you must. Time spent in promises, regrets, and professions, is usually unavailing. The way to do things is not to dream about them nor wish for them, but to do them. The distinguished men in all times have been prodigious workers, earnestly intent upon securing actual results. You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do not bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear. |
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