Fatigue – Quotes

An artisan without memories,

An artisan without memories, whose only dream was to die of fatigue in the oblivion and misery of his little gold fishes. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Nevertheless, no matter how much they killed themselves with work, no matter how much money they eked out, and no matter how many schemes they thought of, their guardian angels were asleep with fatigue while they put in coins and took them out trying to get just enough to live with. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

What worries me though,

What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don’t see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I have a heart beating in my chest -not an engine, there’s blood in my veins- not oil. I know pain and fatigue. I can lose but I will strive to … Read more

Be an example to

Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don’t in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the … Read more

Men weary as much

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. Eric Hoffer

If people would reflect

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world. Emmet Fox

Consider love: is there

Consider love: is there a nobler outpouring, a rapture less suspect? Its shudders rival music, compete with the tears of solitude and of ecstasy: sublime…but a sublimity inseperable from the urinary tract: transports bordering upon excretion, a heaven of the glands, sudden sancitity of the orifices. It takes no more than a moment of attention … Read more

Welfare is … the

Welfare is … the victim of national compassion fatigue. Ellen Goodman

We were masters of

We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything–death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. Elie Wiesel

Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and

Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live. Edward R. Murrow