The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, “Ah Maestro, you are a genius!” Paderewski tartly replied, “Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!” What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.
~ Eric Butterworth Quotes
Self-Development Quotes on:
Genius, Act, Yin, Great, Labor, Eric Butterworth, Practice, Preparation, Rich, Brilliant
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The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.
~ David McCullough Quotes
from 1776
Motivational Quotes on:
Effort, Labor, Preparation, Demand
Anxiety is caused by lack of control, organization, preparation, and action.
~ David Kekich Quotes
Inspirational Quotes on:
Action, Anxiety, Act, Control, Preparation, Cause
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
~ Gail Godwin Quotes
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God, Teach, Good, Preparation, Heat, Win
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