Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Purpose
  • Talent
  • Achieve