The long slog and the slow motion miracle
- Tue, August 17 2010
- Filed under: Fun stuff
A friend sent me this great quote from a Gail Collins piece in the NY Times on women gaining the right to vote - which was preceded by a 70-year slog.
“We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time.”
Our work is sometimes boring and often frustrating, but it’s leading somewhere eventually—a slow motion miracles played out over a very long time.
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More Power to you Katya. I learn so much from your blog. Benevolence is a virtue and Fund Raising needs that subtle approach to satisfy.
This is great advice, I agree having big goals is fun to dream but the work involved is mundane and extremely frustrating, thanks for sharing something I can relate to at the moment.
Wonderful quotes!
What a great quote and a great reminder! Thank you for the inspritation.
That’s a beautiful and thought-provoking quote, indeed. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us!
Really a wonderful and excellent Quote..!
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Mark Ping
Giving is down everywhere. Many churches are closing their doors.
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When a fundraiser is hired for a position, they know it’s going to be a long slog until they get REAL money. If you want to raise $1M, you need to put in time, energy, and strategy to get it. And you need to have good people around you supporting you towards this goal.
When you start a blog, unless you’re blogging for an established company, you know it’s going to be a long slog until you get LOTS of readers. But if you’ve got the patience, and can write and start to build the relationships, you’re going to have the readers you want.
You will get there, if you keep working at it.
Mazarine
http://wildwomanfundraising.com
I was inspired by this quote. Hope to read more quotes from you.
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