Writers
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence.” ~Samuel Smiles 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 ~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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Quote To Ponder ~William F. Buckley Jr.
“Industry is the enemy of melancholy.” ~William F. Buckley Jr. 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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