When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.

When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got read more

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, read more

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence read more

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to read more

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.