Leonardo da Vinci on determination
“O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.”
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci God sells us all things at the price of labor.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Motion is created by the destruction of balance.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
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What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
Les BrownLes Brown You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamA. P. J. Abdul Kalam It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.
Michael JordanMichael Jordan What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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