"Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work."

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Source : James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, The Minerva Group, Inc.

James J. Hill

#Hard Work Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“If there is to be responsible party government, the party label must be something more than a mere device for securing office. Unless those who are elected under the same party designation are willing to assume sufficient responsibility and exhibit sufficient loyalty and coherence, so that they can cooperate with each other in the support of the broad general principles, of the party platform, the election is merely a mockery, no decision is made at the polls, and there is no representation of the popular will.”
“Set the basketball on the kitchen table. Open a cupboard, get out a bottle of sesame seeds, and place a single seed beside the basketball. If you were to reduce the Earth to the size of a basketball, all the fresh surface water on the planet - all those rivers and lakes and ponds and streams - would fit inside that one tiny sesame seed. Add a second sesame seed; now you have all the usable underground water as well. Is fresh water a scarce resource?”
“don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.”
“If you do not choose to become a steady source of blissfulness for yourself and everything around you, you will remain an immature life.”
“If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions.”
“One can learn, at least. One can go on learning until the day one is cut off.”
“In the Reggio Emilia preschools, however, each child is viewed as infinitely capable, creative, and intelligent. The job of the teacher is to support these qualities and to challenge children in appropriate ways so that they develop fully.”
“We didn't have a garage to rehearse in. We had to aggravate the folks in the house. But I got a chance to play in a beer joint, and that's how it started.”

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