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A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or read more
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or
Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that
all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a
great streetsweeper who did his job well.
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth read more
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
