Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all cost… — Arthur Helps

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 labor is immense.

Arthur HelpsHistorian · British · 1813 – 1875

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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. — Arthur Helps
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