When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
Yasmin MogahedRead
I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Persistence and effort lead to success, even if progress seems invisible initially.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance. It illustrates how continuous effort, even when results are not immediately visible, ultimately leads to breakthrough moments. The act of hammering away represents the cumulative effort that builds towards success, suggesting that every small action contributes to a larger result, even when the progress is not apparent.
Themes
PersistenceEffortSuccessBreakthroughPatience
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech at a conference to inspire entrepreneurs.
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