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“The master-word is Work”
Osler makes sustained work the organizing principle of his address to medical students, emphasizing disciplined practice over brilliance without application.
Source note: The Master-Word in Medicine, address at the opening of the University of Toronto medical faculty buildings, October 1, 1903. This collection treats the line as historical professional rhetoric and not as an endorsement of excessive working hours.
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“The worth of work with the hands”
Washington opens the book by treating manual work as capable of contributing to education, dignity and practical development rather than merely supplying labor.
Source note: Working With the Hands, Chapter I, opening sentence; Project Gutenberg #64504. This deliberately short excerpt is presented with its educational context.
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“Well done is better than well said.”
Franklin gives execution priority over impressive promises or intentions.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack.
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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
Persistent effort improves the odds of useful results because steady work creates more opportunities for progress than waiting for favorable circumstances.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack; the maxim appears in Franklin’s collected Poor Richard material.
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“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.”
Attending steadily to the basic work of an enterprise is presented as the foundation of the livelihood it is meant to support.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack.
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“Whatever you do, do it with all your might.”
Barnum argues for wholehearted execution rather than half-effort, especially when a task is important enough to deserve sustained attention.
Source note: The Art of Money Getting, section headed “Whatever You Do, Do It With All Your Might.”