A glass jar of soil with a green sprout beside a coiled measuring tape.

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Montesquieu

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker links success with understanding how long success will take. One reading sees realistic expectations about duration as part of effective effort. The wording directs attention away from the result alone and toward the time needed to reach it.

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