"The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effect of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune and chance. Seeing a man grow rich, they say 'How lucky he is!'Observing another become intellectual, they exclaim 'How highly favored he is!'And nothing the saintly character and wide influence of another, they remark, 'How chance aids him at every turn!'They do not see the trials and failures and struggles which these man have voluntarily encountered in order to gain their experience; have no knowledge of the sacrifice they have made, of undaunted efforts they have put forth, of the faith they have exercised, that they might overcome the apparently insurmountable, and realize the vision of their heart."
Orison Swett Marden How To Get What You Want (1917)

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