I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.