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Quote To Ponder ~John Webster
“The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action…the soul was never put into the body to stand still.” ~John Webster Continue reading
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Ben Franklin’s Maxims on Industry
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man heathy, wealthy and wise. Diligence is the mother of good luck. God helps them that help themselves. At the working man’s house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. For industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them. By diligence and patience the mouse ate in… Continue reading
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The Worth Of Each Day
From Moral Letters to Lucilius, 65 A.D. By Seneca Continue to act thus, my dear Lucilius – set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which ‘til lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or has merely slipped from your hands. Make yourself believe the truth of my words… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Calvin Coolidge
“Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.” ~Calvin Coolidge Continue reading
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The Strenuous Life
Excerpt from The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, 1902 By Theodore Roosevelt I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“The idle pass through life leaving as little trace of their existence as foam upon water or smoke upon air; whereas the industrious stamp their character upon their age, and influence not only their own but all succeeding generations.” ~Samuel Smiles Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Henry David Thoreau
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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We Do Not Labor That We May Be Idle
From Nicomachean Ethics, c. 350 B.C. By Aristotle We do not labor that we may be idle; but, as Anarchis justly said, we are idle that we may labor with more effect; that is, we have recourse to sports and amusements as refreshing cordials after contentious exertions, that, having reposed in such diversions for a… Continue reading
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