All great achievements require time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Significant accomplishments cannot be rushed and need patience to develop.
- In plain terms
- Big successes take time to happen.
- What can you take from it?
- Be patient with large goals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you rushing a process that needs time?
- What are you waiting for?
Another view
Some achievements depend on luck or timing more than just time.
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Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
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