„Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.“

— Swami Vivekananda

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„All great achievements require time.“
— Maya Angelou
„But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness…“
— Christopher Paolini
„It's time to get up! It's time go to work! It's time to put the great, back into Great Britain!“
— Margaret Thatcher
„We know that progress can always be reversed, and that positive change is achieved not through passion alone, but through patient and persistent effort. But we’ve seen things change for the better in this region and around the world because of the effort of ordinary people, together -- working together.“
— Barack Obama