Professions and Work Quotes

I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try something

We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to think of ways to make it an economic-development hub

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a lifetime is unraveled

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie

It is better to plan less and do more

To advise is not to compel

Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls