Dorothea Dix Quotes

It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.

You never really want anything you can easily have.

When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.

One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

My parents grew up in the Depression. Despite the success that they both had in their lives, there's a certain mentality that tells you to finish all the food that's on your plate and not wasting anything and appreciating what's on the table.

Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.

You really should respect other people's work because work is hard-won.

Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal.

It doesn't matter how many private jets you take, how much money you make, how famous you get, keep putting in the hours.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

What is good is difficult, and what is difficult is rare.

There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or struggle a little bit to get.

Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

Don't waste the pretty

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you'll be paid for more than you do.

She works hard for the money so you better treat her right.

You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.

It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder ― or impossible ― to lose.

Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.