The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Stubby Currence

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Topic

Hard work Success

Author

Stubby Currence

Source

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Anonymous. Quoted in Oklahoma City Star. 1934.

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You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

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Stillness Paying attention

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Franz Kafka
Source
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Medium
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Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Kafka, Franz. Betrachtungen über Sünde, Leid, Hoffnung und den wahren Weg [Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope and the True Way]. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931, no. 109.

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

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Following your dreams Taking risks Courage Success

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Conclusion Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.