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Will our descendants two hundred years from now, for whom we are breaking the road, remember to give us a kind word? No, nurse, they will forget.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Uncle Vanya (1897), Act I, spoken by AstroffIn context
- Time
The human race progresses, perfecting its powers. Everything that is unattainable now will some day be near at hand and comprehensible, but we must work, we must help with all our strength those who seek to know what fate will bring.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act Two, spoken by TrofimovIn context
- Hope
A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
Marilyn Monroe1926–1962On Being Blonde (2007), p. 53
- Love
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021In 1981, in reference to an economic recession, as quoted in “Long line of princely gaffes”, BBC News (1 March 2002).
- Economics
Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.
Lady Gagaborn 1986Cosmopolitan (April 2010).
- Women
If a schedule is long, it’s wrong. If it’s tight, it’s right.
Elon Muskborn 1971“Starship Update” talk at the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas on September 28, 2019, During Q&A at the “Starship Update” presentation
- Time
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 3:19 (KJV)In context
- Life & Death
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 6:6–8 (KJV)In context
- Wisdom
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV)In context
- Money
- Sleep
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)In context
- Motivation & Goals