I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
The perils of overwork are slight compared to the dangers of inactivity.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
