Quotations

«Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.»

«Joys divided are increased.»

«Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.»

«Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.»

«The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the mood's of people, and his tact in dealing with them.»

«The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.»

«Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,»

«Work was made for man, and not man for work. Work is man's servant, both in its results to the worker and the world. Man is not work's servant, save as an almost universal perversion has made him such.»

«The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.»