Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 20.
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: The essence of our God is obscure. It ripens continuously; perhaps victory is strenghened with our every valorous deed, but perhaps even all these agonizing struggles toward deliverance and victory are inferior to the nature of divinity.
Whatever it might be, we fight on without certainty, and our virtue, uncertain of any rewards, acquires a profound nobility.
"Kurt Vonnegut" (1983)
The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America (1986)
i.e., self-control or moderation.
Source: The First Step (1892), Ch. VIII
“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.”
The Game of Life and How to Play It https://archive.org/details/gameoflifehowtop00shin (1925), p. 17.
The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure. If what is to be spoken be previously determined, there will be no stumbling. If affairs be previously determined, there will be no difficulty with them. If one's actions have been previously determined, there will be no sorrow in connection with them. If principles of conduct have been previously determined, the practice of them will be inexhaustible.
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.”
See You at the Top (2000)
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
As quoted in Sophia's Fire (2005) by Sango Mbella, p. 133.
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 122.
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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
22 August 1875.
The Walk With God (1919)
