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- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, Conclusion, 1854
- Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), Harper's Monthly, 1932
- Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
- In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), Pre-Raphaelitism, 1850
- Knowledge is power.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597
- To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Sybil, 1845
- He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, February 11, 1840
- Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Les Miserables, 1862
- Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), 'Nicomachean Ethics'
- Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.
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