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“A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.”

Work Higher Legs Knees Gentleman Poor Richard Frugality Frugal

Book:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

“Manager' is a title, not a function. It's better to be one than not. Since you spend all day doing the job of the person above you, the higher up you are, the less you have to do.”

Persons Jobs Work Higher Function Managers Titles

Book:Bonjour laziness: jumping off the corporate ladder

Source: Bonjour laziness: jumping off the corporate ladder

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.”

“There exists above the "productive" man a yet higher species.”

Men Work Higher Species Productive

Book:Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.”

Doe Seems Law Work Pay Higher Workers Enjoyment Cash Unfair

Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“Swifter, higher, stronger.”

Work Higher Appreciate Stronger

Author:Pierre de Coubertin

“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.”

Success Work Pleasure Higher Difficulty

Book:The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

Source: The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

“We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. . . . The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.”

Life Mind Hands Action Work Higher Details Daily Life Habitual Effortless Higher Power Power Of The Mind Custody

Book:Psychology: The Briefer Course

Source: Psychology: The Briefer Course

“The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics who concentrate on their careers and ambitions, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.”

“The faster you work and the more you get done, the better you feel. Most successful people work at a higher tempo of activity than unsuccessful people. They don't necessarily do different things, but they get things done more efficiently in a given time than the average person.”

Source: Time Power: A Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Ever Thought Possible