There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living; there must be shame at the thought of shirking the hard work of the w… - Theodore Roosevelt

It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty and intelligence.

Each man should have all he earns, whether by brain or body; and the director, the great industrial leader, is one of the greatest of earners, and should have a proportional reward; but no man should live on the earnings of another, and there should not be too gross inequality between service and reward.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.