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There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, and
earning.
There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, and
earning.
A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable read more
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there read more
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and read more
Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and temporary discouragement.