One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
In plain words
People rarely notice what you finished. Only what is still left.
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- Letter to her brother Jozef Sklodowski (1894), as quoted in Eve Curie's biography Madame Curie (1937)
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao TzuSlow and steady wins the race.
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OvidFew things are impossible to diligence and skill.
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