"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."

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Source : Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915). “York State Rural Problems”

Liberty Hyde Bailey

#Dream Quotes #Excellence Quotes #Labor Quotes

“Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.”
“She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.”
“Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community.”
“I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.”
“Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.”
“The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live....”
“Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will compliment each others shortcomings”
“...a great army of the proletarian party [must be] prepared to smash the reactionary forces and to clear the way for the advanced forces of society.”

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