Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital,
and deserves much the higher consideration.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital,
and deserves much the higher consideration.
I know of no single formula for success.
But over the years,
I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal.
Great men are they who see that
spiritual is stronger than any material force
that thoughts rule the world.
One of the huge mistakes people make is that
they try to force an interest on themselves.
You don't choose your passions.
Your passions choose you.
If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to
those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect,
it is when I contemplate the cause of my country,
deserted by all the world beside,
and I standing up boldly and lone
and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.