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Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

— Anna Julia Cooper

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the most valuable and indispensable of all human possessions.

— Lysander Spooner

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

— Menander

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

— John Bunyan

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

— Gilbert Highet

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.

— Francesco Guicciardini

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

— Jeremy Taylor

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

— Martin Luther

✗Opposing Perspectives

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

— Thomas Jefferson