“Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace until it's built.”
— Fernando Pessoa
Simplified Meaning:
Success means actually achieving something, not just having the ability to achieve it. A piece of land could be where a palace is built, but it's not a palace until the building happens.
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