Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Hope is only the love of life.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

—Helen Keller

Our great weariness comes from work not done.

—Hal Lancaster

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

—Eric Hoffer

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning