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A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns its arc.

The first and last lesson of the useful arts is, that Nature tyrannizes over our works.

Difficult and embarrassing questions meet us at the threshold of this subject.

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.

Courage, combined with energy and perseverance, will overcome difficulties apparently insurmountable.

our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.

This it must be; and there is no means of escaping from tribulation and sorrow, except to bear them patiently.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every heavy burden light, and equaliseth every inequality.

If thou bear it unwillingly, thou makest a burden for thyself and greatly increaseth thy load, and yet thou must bear it.

war takes away the easy supply of daily wants, and so proves a rough master, that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes

Only in the chamber of death writhed the world's most piteous thing--a childless mother.

There is no instant step from disorder to order.

If I felt that there is to be sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden.

Many hands make light work.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

We knew that if one man could rise above the misery then others could as well.

Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.

Life is filled with circuses. You will fail. You will likely fail often. It will be painful. It will be discouraging. At times it will test you to your very core.

If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.

Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility.

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.

First comes the very extremity of distress, then follows unexpected relief.

Throw away, in the first place, all ambition beyond that of doing the day's work well.

My life has a limit, but my knowledge is without limit.