The power of compound effort

“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven…” “He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful; and a wise man’s heart discerns both time and judgment…” “Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly.” “I returned and saw under the sun that — The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favour to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.” “Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming.

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