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Quote by Max Beerbohm
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. – Max Beerbohm

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As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal. – Max Beerbohm

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How many charming talents have been spoiled by the instilled desire to do important work! Some people are born to lift heavy weights. Some are born to juggle with golden balls. – Max Beerbohm

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We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to. – Johann von Goethe

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Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. – Elder Cloward

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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. – James Allen

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