I make it a rule never to let my work drive me, but to so master it, and keep it in such complete control, and to keep so far ahead of it, that I will be the master instead of the servant.
In his autobiography, Washington articulates a core principle of his work philosophy, advocating for proactive control over one's tasks.
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In order to defend and protect the women and children who were left on the plantations when the white males went to war, the slaves would have laid down their lives.
When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.
I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution.