George Matthew Adams Quotes


The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike, are the ones that you do not love. There are unpleasant angles to nearly every important job to be done in this world, but there must be an over all love for doing each, else precious time and effort are uselessly wasted. I shall never forget noting a sign above a construction job that read: "Builder of Difficult Foundations." That man must have loved that calling, else he would not have made a point of advertising the fact!


Citations

Adams, George Matthew. The Great Little Things. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953.

Related Quotes

No Photo Available
  • Born: August 23, 1878
  • Died: October 29, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Businessman

George Matthew Adams was an American newspaper columnist and founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, which syndicated comic strips and columns to newspapers for five decades. His own writings were circulated widely to The Gettysburg Times and many other newspapers.