Whatever. Your original post speaks for itself. Wear it.
People are generally called intelligent through a wrong use of this word.
The intelligent are not those who have studied the sayings and writings of the wise men of old, but those whose soul is intelligent, who can judge what is good and what is evil; they avoid what is evil and harms the soul and intelligently care for and practice what is good and profits the world, greatly thanking God. -St. Anthony the Ascetic
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
Calvin Coolidge
Persistence and determination!
A common trait of most of the male Hispanics I have worked with.
Two brothers worked for me for many years, Just the three of us working late on a Friday, I had to go to an upper floor and noticed a nearby farm field had been picked clean but many tomatoes had since ripened.
One went to the farmhouse and they said help your self.
I agreed to help, thinking they just wanted a bushel or two.
They had lined up every box, bucket, bag and more than a few trash cans from the building!
I had to ask to return the trash cans, they would be missed.
They totally filled both cars, only leaving enough room for the driver! Barely, the driver’s seat was max forward.
I should have known.
They said, the family was visiting for the weekend and this was a Godsend!
I still kid them about it at company shindigs.
You could only imagine the volume of tomatoes!