"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."

Effort, Labor, Motive, Selfishness

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"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."

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"A lazy person will never grow wealthy."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Laziness, Wealth, Growth

"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Effort, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

"Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Effort, Universe

"A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Effort, Perfection, Worth

"The work is plentiful but the labours are few."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Effort, Work, Plentiful, Labours, Few

"If you have never planted, then you cannot expect a great harvest."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Sowing, Reaping, Harvest

"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Effort, Reality, Work, Acceptance

"Your race against life must yield effort for you to be productive."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Race, Productivity, Purpose

"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Effort, Flowers, Desert, Wisdom, Fools

"It depends on you, to keep pushing forward until you win or giving in. Always choice the former."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Effort, Choice, Persistence, Success

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"I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk."

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"Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea."

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"Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever."

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"I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other."

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"I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me."

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"Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment."

Enthusiasm

"A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad."

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"A lazy person will never grow wealthy."

"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"

"Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

"A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection."

"The work is plentiful but the labours are few."

"If you have never planted, then you cannot expect a great harvest."

"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."

"Your race against life must yield effort for you to be productive."

"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."

"It depends on you, to keep pushing forward until you win or giving in. Always choice the former."

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"We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government."

"The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much."

"Politics makes me sick."

"I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk."

"Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea."

"Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever."

"I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other."

"I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me."

"Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment."

"A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad."