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I have been obliged to content myself through life with saying what I mean in the plainest of plain language, than which, I suppose, there is no habit more ruinous to a man's prospects of advancement.
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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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How you do anything is how you do everything.
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Rather be an hour early than a minute late.
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Do, every day, all that you can do that day, and do each act in an efficient manner.
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Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry, or fear. Go as fast as you can, but never hurry.
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If you want a thing done, do it yourself.
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Look before you leap.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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Nature does not give us our livelihood gratis; we must win it by toil of some sort or degree.
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Let the day's work suffice; live for it, regardless of what the future has in store, believing that to-morrow should take thought for the things of itself.