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- It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. . .
- Mikhail Gorbachev, (1988)
- Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- A good rest is half the work.
- Yugoslav Proverb
- In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.
- Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
- You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
- Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]
- People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
- Frederick Douglas
- Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
- Emerson
- All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
- Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.
- Malcolm S. Forbes
- The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.
- Marcel Duchamp
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