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“Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.”

“Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow; work with a stout heart and resolute will.”

Heart Lying Work Woe Weeping Resolute Stout Weeping Willows

Author:Frances Sargent Osgood

“Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it, the fear that lies behind it, and choose to learn with wisdom. The fear will not vanish immediately, but it will disintegrate as you work with courage. When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay. When you choose to learn through wisdom, to evolve consciously, your fears surface one at a time in order for you to exorcise them with inner faith. This is how it happens. You exorcise your own demons.”

Source: The Seat of the Soul: 25th Anniversary Edition with a Study Guide

“The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but, on the contrary, very ordinary ones. Charisma is easy; presence, self-remembering, is terribly difficult, and where the real work lies.”

Should Doe Real Self Remember Spiritual Lying Easy Difficult Goal Work Ordinary Tradition Contrary Vulnerability Openness Charisma Ascent Great Experiences Real Work

Author:Morris Berman

“I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow; And then I must scrub and bake and sweep Till the stars are beginning to blink and peep; And the young lie long and dream in their bed.”

Long Dream Young Lying Stars Work Fire Bed Aging Blow Motherhood Seeds Dawn Blink Flicker

Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats

Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats

“Punctuality is the thief of time”

Lying Time Work Thieves Dishonesty Punctuality Hedonism

Book:Epigrams of Oscar Wilde

Source: Epigrams of Oscar Wilde

“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.”

World Inspirational Needs Lying Work Business Talent Crosses Vocation

Author:Aristotle

“We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.”

Knows Mind Motivational Lying Motivation Stuff Work Creativity Positive Innovation Productivity Closest

Author:Jack Welch

“Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.”

“Honor lies in honest toil.”

Success Lying Work Honest Honesty Hard Work Wise Words Honor Dignity Army Aging Presidential Toil Hard Work Pays Off Dignity Of Work

Book:Addresses, State Papers and Letters

Source: Addresses, State Papers and Letters

“Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation... Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.”

World Age Lying Peace Black Work Behinds Destruction Salvation Work Out Deceiving Portents World Destruction

Author:Bernard Baruch

“MOST LIES succeed because no one goes through the work to figure out how to catch them.”

Lying Work Psychology Figures Succeed Cheating Catching Dishonesty Being Lied

Author:Paul Ekman

“It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.”

Ifs Done Happens Lying Belief Hours Work Occasions

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author