Success in any undertaking comes of patient, unremitting effort. You cannot have it, unless you resolutely concentrate your energies upon your work; and resolutely refuse to be diverted by other subjects, no matter how important or interesting. When something else thrusts itself in, and demands notice, you must be ready to say: “I pass that by. I am going ahead.”
"The Old Mill" by George L. Clough
c. 1870
Oil painting "The Old Mill" by Auburn and Cayuga County Artist George L. Clough
Water-powered mill with water flowing over the overshot waterwheel. Some clapboards and shingles missing on building. Pigeons perch on roof. A young boy with a fishing pole walks in foreground at right.