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Work is the law of our being--the living principle that carries men and nations onward.
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Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
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Labour is not only a necessity and a duty, but a blessing: only the idler feels it to be a curse.
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The road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will usually be the most successful.
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Those who look into practical life will find that fortune is usually on the side of the industrious, as the winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators.
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Time should not be allowed to pass without yielding fruits, in the form of something learnt worthy of being known, some good principle cultivated, or some good habit strengthened.
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Every man's first duty is, to improve, to educate, and elevate himself--helping forward his brethren at the same time by all reasonable methods.
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Industry enables men to earn their living; it should also enable them to learn to live.
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Life must needs be disgusting alike to the idle rich man as to the idle poor man, who has no work to do, or, having work, will not do it.