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“There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.”

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Author:J. Paul Getty

“It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives therefore depends on employing well the short period of our youth.”

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Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

“Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.”

Work Labor Stones Fortune Philosopher Magician Good Fortune Caps Wands

Author:James Weldon Johnson

“The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.”

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Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”

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Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”

“A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.”

Men Work Poverty Sun Willing Sight Fortune Inequality Unemployment Exhibits Saddest

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.”

Motivational Work Fortune Aids

Author:Sophocles