For the Lord aimed for him to do and not to spend too much time thinking, because his brain it's like a piece of machinery: it won't stand a whole lot of racking. It's best when it all runs along the same, doing the day's work and not no one part used no more than needful.

The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.

Total commitment is about being wise and smart, not necessarily being noble or virtuous. It's not so much about self-denial but about logic and common sense. It's not so much about what you lose; it's about what you gain.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose

The natural thing to do is to work—to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort.

Every advance begins in a small way and with the individual.

For the day's work is a great thing—a very great thing! It is at the very foundation of the world; it is the basis of our self-respect.

The fact that a piece of work is now being done by nine men which used to be done by ten men does not mean that the tenth man is unemployed. He is merely not employed on that work, and the public is not carrying the burden of his support by paying more than it ought on that work—for after all, it is the public that pays!

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.