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 " If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well." Martin Luther King, Jr "The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." Robert Frost "I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work." "If you enjoy what you do, you'll never work another day in your life." "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however." "Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money." "You can show up for work every day…but showing up does not mean success in your work." "Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing - the result." Each of these quotes is worthy of a family dinner time conversation. We need to be encouraging one another and praying for one another to use the gifts God gives us to our fullest potential. Related Post: Are you actively Developing A Work Ethic in your students? Related Tags: work ethic, family, leadership education, mission, parenting |
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