The greatest minds are marked by nothing more distinctly than an inconceivable humility, and acceptance of work or instruction in any form, and from any quarter. They will learn from everybody, and do anything that anybody asks, so long as it involves only toil, or what other men would think degradation.
John Ruskin
“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”Self‑improvement as discipline and endurance.
“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”Growth is earned — not granted.
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”Improvement requires action, risk, and failure.
–Theodore Roosevelt