Men are punished by their sins, not for them. - Elbert Green Hubbard

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

The point I wish to make is this: McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter & did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing — "Carry a message to Garcia!"

Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts.