Lars Toomre

Some Personal Thoughts, Observations and Trivia

Work

May

31

Useful Work, Honestly Conducted

Posted on May 31st, 2009 at 6:04 pm by Lars Toomre

Do not make riches, but usefulness, your first aim; and let your chief pride be that your daily occupation is in the line of progress and development; that your work, in whatever capacity it may be, is useful work, honestly conducted, and as such ennobling to your life.

— Andrew Carnegie

Jan

5

Making Crucial Decisions

Posted on January 5th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Lars Toomre

Very little of the work in making crucial decisions is done through premeditated planning.

— W. Clement Stone

Memorable Quotes

Above All Confidence in Ourselves

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

— Marie Curie

A physicist, a chemist and one of the very rare scientists to win two Noble Prizes

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