Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
Author » Burroughs, John
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice -- no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.