In
matters that depend upon skill, careful preparation is often the key to success.
In matters that depend upon luck, preparation is unnecessary. So, if you'd
rather be lucky than good, please ignore the following great ideas.
It Takes Hard
Work to Make It Look Easy
"Every artist was first an amateur."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular
preparation."
Roger Staubach
"Practice, work hard, and give it everything you’ve got."
Dizzy Dean
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
Darrell Royal
"First I prepare. Then, I have faith."
Joe Namath
Practice, Practice,
Practice
"I practice four or five hours of exercises a day. Ah! Provided I don’t
go mad, I will become an artist."
Franz Liszt
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
Beverly Sills
"Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake, in little things, and then proceed
to greater."
Epictetus
"To improve, you must make your weaknesses your strengths."
Pat Head Summitt
Don't Blame the Teacher; Do the Homework
"Spend more time preparing and less time regretting."
Virginia Wade
"There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower."
Honoré de Balzac
"More men become good through practice than by nature."
Democritus of Abdera
"God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius."
Anna Pavlova
And Finally,
"Talent is only the starting point. You’ve got to keep working that
talent."
Irving Berlin
"Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the
prepared mind."
Louis Pasteur
"I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something while sitting
down."
Charles Kettering
This page was compiled by
Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
