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The point is, that we want to be constantly on the lookout for ways of improving whatever work we are engaged in, whether that work be milking cows or doing something else.
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If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
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Concentration is an aid to the doing of something; it is not the doing of something in itself.
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Most things are more rewarding when you break a sweat to get em.
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No one may become a real leader in any walk of life without practicing the habit of doing more work and better work than that for which he is paid.
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It is doubtful whether a person could be a failure while engaged in work which he liked best.
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To stick to a thing till you are master, is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
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success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price, and it is yours.
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Great tenacity of purpose is the only thing that will carry you over the hard places which appear in every career to ultimate triumph.
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If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.