No single achievement in ...

No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.
No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.
 Polykarp Kusch

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
 Polykarp Kusch
I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.
 Polykarp Kusch
I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.
 Polykarp Kusch