Arbeit
“Glamour is what I sell; it’s my stock in trade.”
“Planning to write is not writing.”
“When you have a great and difficult task, if you only work a little at a time—every day a little—suddenly the work will finish itself.”
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”
“Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.”
“He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Grasp the subject, words will follow.”
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.”
“The best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive.”
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.”
“The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”
“On doit choisir, dans la vie, entre gagner de l'argent et le dépenser : on n'a pas le temps de faire les deux.”
“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”
“I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work: the chance to find yourself.”