Janet Erskine Stuart Quotes

No great thing is created suddenly.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

I think the best things are the ones that happen organically and take a while because nothing really happens overnight if you think about it.

I like things to happen organically.

I believe in taking things slow, one step at a time.

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I want to be progressive without getting both feet off the ground at the same time.

I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon.

Sometimes making progress a step at a time is better than no progress at all.

For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.

If I could just get better a little bit each year, then I did my job.

I like everything to happen organically.

I just continue to work on what I want to work on, and I'm not rushing to achieve anything, really.

Making small changes every week over a few months will result in huge changes.

Good businesses will survive good times and bad times.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think that the same is true of human beings. We do not wish to see children precocious, making great strides in their early years like sprouts, producing a soft and perishable timber, but better if they expand slowly at first, as if contending with difficulties, and so are solidified and perfected. Such trees continue to expand with nearly equal rapidity to extreme old age.

Focus on long term success but be willing to make short term adjustments to get there

In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics..... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.

Don't be a leaf... Be a tree!

What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.