Equal Quote by Samuel Johnson

“To put that number in perspective, if you practiced an activity four hours per day, seven days per week, it would take you about…

— Sean Patrick

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

— Samuel Johnson

Great works are not performed by strength but by perseverance.

— Bernard Tokonya

“10,000 hour” rule. The rule’s premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it…

— Sean Patrick

“Studies of people with extraordinary abilities, like Ted Williams, have given rise to what Swedish psychologist Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the “10,000 hour”…

— Sean Patrick

“Truly great creative achievements require hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of work, and we have to make time every single day to put…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“. . . for those retired, with too much time and no world, a world must be found, and not necessarily one that is…

— Carolyn Heilbrun

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months…

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

“10,000 hour” rule. The rule’s premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it…

— Sean Patrick

Usually, about two years of work go into each illusion, whether it's big or small. Two years of work on each five-minute piece.

— David Copperfield

Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No one has…

— Daniel Levitin

Each work has to be done as intensely as possible.

— Philip Pearlstein