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It is my service to think how I can best fulfil the demands that each day makes upon me, and to rejoice that others can do what I cannot.
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Our life is frittered away by detail
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Give scrupulous attention to the duty of the present moment.
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Keenly conscious of the social confusion all about us and the hard economic struggle, we at times believed that the very struggle itself might become a source of strength.
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Responsibility is null when nobody knows who is responsible; nor, even when real, can it be divided without being weakened.
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With tireless energy and eager zeal, colored women have, since their emancipation, been continuously prosecuting the work of educating and elevating their race, as though upon themselves alone devolved the accomplishment of this great task.
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Self-love is mainly to blame, making people fond of being first and aspiring in all matters, and insatiably desirous to engage in everything.
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What is done in business must be well done; for it is better to accomplish perfectly a small amount of work, than to half-do ten times as much.
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Business that is ready and practicable goes off with ease; but when it is too heavy for the bearer, they fall both together.
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If we do not watch, we lose our opportunities; if we do not make haste, we are left behind; our best hours escape us, the worst are to come.
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If thou bear it unwillingly, thou makest a burden for thyself and greatly increaseth thy load, and yet thou must bear it.
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Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility.
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The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.
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Throw away, in the first place, all ambition beyond that of doing the day's work well.
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Everything is very simple in War, but the simplest thing is difficult.
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Life is not only short, but uncertain, and art is not only long, but absorbing.
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Nevertheless the person in charge never seems to look the impossibility in the face.
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The first and last lesson of the useful arts is, that Nature tyrannizes over our works.
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Do something today to get closer to your goals. Even if something goes wrong, you will learn and recover. You don't have to figure out your entire life today. Make that one call. Go for that one discussion. Step out and show up. That's enough for today.
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You don't need more time to chase your dreams. You need to spend less time on people and things that aren't supporting your growth. You don't need to rush. Just shift your focus away from distractions. Time is precious. Invest it on the right things.
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Many hands make light work.