D is for Determination

This one will be short.
Determination as opposed to laziness in this case is a virtue.

It was Winston Churchill who said, "Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never give up."

Calvin Coolidge described it with persistence:

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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"

Basically the greatest of artists, intellectuals, and geniuses are nothing without determination.

 

So, laziness being the antithesis of determination... it is a bit like a baby refusing to grow up. To be honest, I think we all know that one physically adult person who does nothing but wishes to remain living like a child.

 

Films like "Failure to Launch" epitomize this deplorable mindset.

 

Honestly, how many people really dream of going nowhere with their lives?

There is a supposed Chinese saying I heard once.
"He who sits with mouth open and waits for duck to fly in will have long hunger."

Determination is the drive that leads us in progress.