If I wake up in a house that's full of smoke I'll panic, so call me up and tell me a joke. When I'm fully irrelevant and totally broken, damn it Call me up and tell me a joke
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan «press on» has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Усердие — постоянные, неотступные попытки добиться непосильного. Настойчивые старания, тяжёлые и болезненные.