It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?

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"What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

- Henry David Thoreau

Courage

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Ambition

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"Tuesday is a day to finish what’s left undone on Monday and prepare for what’s coming on Wednesday."

Productivity

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well."

- Mark Twain

Productivity

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

- Bruce Lee

Productivity

"We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things."

- Herb Kelleher

Productivity

"Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves."

- Dale Carnegie

Productivity