“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves”
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“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves”
“Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself”
“It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished”
“All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly”
“Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man”
“Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie”
“It is better to plan less and do more”
“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done”
“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”
“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ”
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good”
“This is something that I cannot get over, that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character”
“Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work”
“Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life”
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early”
“We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him”
“Those who never have time do least”
“All wealth is the product of labor.”
“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice”
“The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purpose”