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> [What makes success is not your genius idea, but the execution and follow-through around it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/what-makes-success-is-not-your-genius-idea-but-the-execution-and/)

[Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/)

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> [There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/there-are-two-kinds-of-success-one-is-the-rare-kind-that-comes-to-the/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/one-of-the-commonest-mistakes-and-one-of-the-costliest-is-thinking/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

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> [People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/people-sometimes-attribute-my-success-to-my-genius-all-the-genius-i/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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