Then the fears and labors of another day begin; and until its close there is no such thing as rest. He fears he will be caught lagging through the day; he fears to approach the gin-house with his basket-load of cotton at night; he fears,
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“Many of us, it seems, quit what we start far too early and far too often. Even more than the effort a gritty person puts in on a single day, what matters is that they wake up the next day, and the next, ready to get on that treadmill and keep going.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
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The purpose of this group is to encourage members to finish reading all of the novels included on Amazon's "100 Books to Read in a Lifetime" & to disc ...more
Great American Read List
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