It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.
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.
A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
A man should have duties outside of himself; without them, he is a mere balloon, inflated with thin egotism and drifting nowhere.
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.