Performance

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage

The price of greatness is responsibility

A new broom sweeps clean

Bad weeds grow tall

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable

An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience

Active evil is better than passive good

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it

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

Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments

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

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line

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

It is better to plan less and do more