Hard work is no match for infatuation.

miyasaka You can’t beat someone who is doing it for their own money. Hard work can’t beat infatuation. People who are spending their money and time are strong.

• You can’t beat someone who’s doing it with their own money. - use one’s own money - Ignore those who haven’t cut themselves.
  • effort is no match for crazy.
• People who are cutting their own money and time are strong.
  • People who are willing to pay their own way are strong.

miyasaka Confucius is said to have said, “Genius is no match for those who strive, and those who strive are no match for those who enjoy it.

• Geniuses cannot defeat those who strive. - genius
• He who strives cannot win who enjoys it.
  • who enjoys. - enjoy (oneself)

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