“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.”
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson
Leadership
""I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.""
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another."
- Thomas Jefferson
Compassion
"I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
- A. A. Milne
Contentment
"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."
- Jason Fried
Contentment
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."
Contentment
"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."
Contentment