This quote comes straight out of a letter that Abraham Lincoln wrote to his brother. His brother basically wanted to sell his land to make some money and then move somewhere else and Abraham tells him that he is being foolish. Here is an extract:
"What can you do in Missouri, better than here? Is the land any richer? Can you there, any more than here, raise corn, & wheat & oats, without work? Will any body there, any more than here, do your work for you? If you intend to go to work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along any where. Squirming & crawling about from place to place can do no good.
Now do not misunderstand this letter. I do not write it in any unkindness. I write it in order, if possible, to get you to face the truth—which truth is, you are destitute because you have idled away all your time. Your thousand pretences for not getting along better, are all non-sense—they deceive no body but yourself. Go to work is the only cure for your case."
If you want to work, you will. If you don't want to work, you will make up all sorts of excuses so that you don't have to work. Non-sense excuses. It's up to you to decide.
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