Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.
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Come Up With a Unique Product, Then Market It to the World
When electricity was invented, people quickly became discontented with oil lamps; and so…employ this sound business principle: Show the people something better and they’ll want it. —Horace W.B....
Humor Friday
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. —Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1757, by Joshua Reynolds; Public Domain)
Don’t Run from Temptations; They Are Powerful Tools for Spiritual Growth
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. —Walter Bagehot, British economist, businessman, and journalist (Public Domain)
Allow Your Dreams the Freedom to Flow Into Your Waking Hours
Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all a creative power which, were it available to us in waking, would make each a Dante or Shakespeare. —Frederic Henry Hedge (Image Licensed by...
Experience and Humility
Some generations have been notably humble due to what they had to endure; other generations have been notably arrogant for what they never had to endure. —Mike Hazell (Image Licensed by Penn...
Defoe on Thankfulness
All of our discontents about what we want appear to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. —Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe (Artist unknown; style of Sir Godfrey...
Humor Friday
I am easily satisfied with the very best. —Winston Churchill (Image licensed by Penn Wealth Pub.)
Your Success Will Come, Stay the Course!
A minute’s success pays the failure of years. —Robert Browning (1888, by Herbert Rose Barraud; Public Domain)
The Fool is One Who Habitually Quits Too Soon
If only the fool would persist in his folly, he would surely become wise. —William Blake (1807, by Thomas Phillips; Public Domain)
Think Differently
There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you must act like the...
Useless Work
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. —Peter Drucker (by Jeff McNeill; Creative Commons) Many a productive day has been lost to useless work; to...
An Elegantly Simple Definition of Faith
Faith is a passionate intuition. —William Wordsworth (1842, by Benjamin Haydon; Public Domain)
Simply Continue to Act, Always with the End Goal in Mind
Beware the fury of a patient man. —John Dryden (by Sir Godfrey Kneller; Public Domain)
Tapping Into Powerful Thought Patterns
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise! —Alexander Pope (1727, by Michael Dahl; Public Domain)
Humor Friday
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. —Mark Twain (by A.F. Bradley; Public Domain)
Retaining Individuality Within the Group
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still? —J. Paul Getty (Image...
Dream Into Action
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. —Erasmus, Catholic priest and Dutch philosopher (1523,...
One Simple Metric for Gauging Leadership Potential
The higher one climbs, the longer their working day. There are no office hours for leaders. —Cardinal James Gibbons (Image in the Public Domain)
To Solve the Challenge Before You, Start by Breaking It Down
No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking. —John Pierpont Morgan...
Humor Friday
Personally, I am always ready to learn; though I do not always like being taught. —Winston Churchill, British PM (Image licensed by Penn Wealth Pub.)