If you do something once, ...

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you\'ve just proven a natural law!
If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!
 Grace Hopper

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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
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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton

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 Grace Hopper