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Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?
Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend read more
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a read more
I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in read more
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red herrings.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
Our favourite holding period is forever.
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most read more
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most who serves best," and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. -B. F. Harris.
A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more
A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).
If you have to ask, you can't afford it!
If you have to ask, you can't afford it!