When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.
—Polybius
Topics: Beginnings
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
—Polybius
Topics: Victory, Winning, Winners
We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are also the more painful; let us turn, then, to the latter.
—Polybius
Topics: Misfortune
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
—Polybius
Topics: Victory, Resolve, Goal, Endurance, Perseverance, Persistence, Goals
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