When dealing with my own laziness, or the laziness of my charges, I often have to remind myself that insisting on hard work is actually a kindness to myself and my students, not some sort of torture. As T. L. Simmons quotes older maxims,
Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus. Life gives nothing to us without tremendous work and sacrifice. Vincit qui patitur. One who suffers also conquers.
~Tacy Lee Simmons, Climbing Parnassus, p.165
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