"Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." — Stephen Leacock

"Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration."

— Stephen Leacock

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82 Quotes by Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock has 82 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It may be those who do most, dream most.
If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little…
Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey…
In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing…
Chess is one long regret.
In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations…
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo,…
A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing…
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing…
A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.

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More Inspiration Quotes

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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
The optimum committee has no members. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long… — Saint Augustine
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
May God protect me from gloomy saints. — Teresa of Avila
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. — Richard Bach
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. — Richard Bach

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