Besse Cooper famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

  • I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

  • Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

  • The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...

  • I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received.

  • To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.

  • Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.

  • I'm a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That's my business. That's not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else.

  • We are not separate. Our sense of separateness is superficial and exist only in the physical dimension. In our human element, we are not separate; we’re very much connected. Every other human being is just as precious as we are, and worthy of as much respect and love and consideration. This understanding needs to manifest in our conduct in each moment. This is the part of the Work that will transform you.

  • Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love.