I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.
Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases, by Donald Bolander, 1987.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach, (Mar 21 1685-1750), German composer, organist; He was a master of church music and Composer of the Baroque era; works include Brandenburg Concertos, 1721 and Well-Tempered Clavier, 1722-44.