"[[Rickover]], the ruthless taskmaster, nonetheless beamed with pride. “There is no question that the public will ultimately understand and he will be regarded as a far-seeing man who has attempted to protect the people of the US,” he said of Carter’s energy efforts. “It took about four hundred years for the Lord Jesus Christ to have his message accepted. Up to that time he would be considered a ‘failure.’ **As long as a man is trying as hard as he can to do what he thinks to be right, he is a success, regardless of the outcome**.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[failure]], [[long-term-thinking]], [[consistency]], [[discipline]], [[courage]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]