Agency
“Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.” ~Benjamin Franklin
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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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Quote To Ponder ~William F. Buckley Jr.
“Industry is the enemy of melancholy.” ~William F. Buckley Jr. Continue reading
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Now
From Readings for Young Men, Merchants, and Men of Business, 1859 “Now” is the constant syllable ticking from the clock of Time. “Now” is the watchword of the wise. “Now” is on the banner of the prudent. Let us keep this little word always in our mind; and, whenever anything presents itself to us in… Continue reading
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Dead Work
From Self-Culture Through the Vocation, 1914 By Edward Howard Griggs There is an almost universal optical illusion with reference to work: each of us is fully conscious of the dead work in his own calling, because he must fulfill It; with the tasks of others, he sees only the finished product. Thus each is inclined… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Bishop Richard Cumberland
“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” ~Bishop Richard Cumberland Continue reading
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Opportunity
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:– There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle’s edge,… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~David O. McKay
“Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success.” ~David O. McKay Continue reading
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Possibilities In Spare Moments
Editor’s Note: This excerpt is from Orison Swett Marden’s 1894, Pushing To The Front, but inspired from an amazing AOM post based on the same chapter. On the floor of the gold-working room, in the United States Mint at Philadelphia, there is a wooden lattice-work which is taken up when the floor is swept, and the… Continue reading
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