“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”
“What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.”
“Trust may take forever to build but can be destroyed in less then a heartbeat.”
“Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.”
“Reading is the least laborious of all the tasks that fall to the student's lot.”
“It takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy.”