Persistence

 

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 failures.

 

Persistence and determination

 

alone are omnipotent.

 

 

 

-- Calvin Coolidge