The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
Henry David ThoreauRead
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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
I'm an expert in higher level math. You + God = Enough
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.
There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!
Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
There is nothing permanent except change.
We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.
When Doing becomes infused with the timeless quality of being, that is success
Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'
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