| "If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in a vast undertaking, does not care to look beyond the lever of a machine, does not choose to know how the machine got there or what makes his job possible, and proclaims that the management of the undertaking is parasitical and unneccessary." »Ayn Rand |
| "It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody." »Publilius Syrus |
| "The undertaking of a new action brings new strength." »Evenius |
| "Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture." »William James |
| "Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking." »Jessamyn West |
| "I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking." »Og Mandino |
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