Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Archives: Quotes
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Train up a fig tree in the way it should
Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
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I never did a day’s work in my life. It
I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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There is no expedient to which a man will not
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.
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Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction–faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
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Hell, there are no rules here– we’re trying to accomplish
Hell, there are no rules here– we’re trying to accomplish something.