Quote#Success & Failure
And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all…
Quote byArnold Bennett · 1867–1931
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day (1910), Chapter 12..
English (original)
And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.
— Arnold Bennett
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