"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
"We are here lounging our time away, doing nothing, and having nothing to do. It gives me great regret to be passing my time so uselessly when it could have been so importantly employed at home."
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Source: Thomas Jefferson (1953). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 25 February to 31 October 1785”
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