Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.
There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no effort at all ... just aging. But the other is never automatic, or easy. It calls for personal discipline, continual determination, and spiritual desire. Churches are full of sleepy saints who are merely 'logging time' in God's family.
You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the majority.
Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.
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