You cannot study anything persistently for years without becoming learned.
In plain words
Mitchell promised her students that years of steady study always pay off. Stick with it long enough and you become an expert.
Where these words come from
- 93% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202, from her Vassar lecture notes, c. 1865-1885.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202
- circa 1865-1885 · Vassar College · from her astronomy lecture notes on steady study
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Maria MitchellEvery formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.Maria MitchellAside from the study of astronomy, there is the same enjoyment in a night upon the housetop, with the stars, as in the midst of other grand scenery; there is the same subdued quiet and grateful seriousness; a calm to the troubled spirit, and a hope to the desponding.Maria MitchellI wonder that I have so long been insensible to this charm in the skies, the tints of the different stars are so delicate in their variety.Maria MitchellNothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.Maria MitchellThe Aurora Borealis is always a pleasant companion; a meteor seems to come like a messenger from departed spirits; and the blossoming of trees in the moonlight becomes a sight looked for with pleasure.Maria MitchellMore on perseverance
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao TzuA single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.Chinese proverbSlow and steady wins the race.
AesopPatience is the key to relief.Arabic proverbThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle
ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.Lao TzuA single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.Chinese proverbSlow and steady wins the race.AesopPatience is the key to relief.Arabic proverbThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Aristotle