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Quote 3439
Business is really pleasanter than pleasure, though it does not look so.by: Walter BagehotShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3433
I was very seldom idle, but having regularly divided my time according to the several daily employments that were before me, such as: first, my duty to God, and the reading the Scriptures.by: Daniel DefoeShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3416
Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That fits him for the place.by: William CowperShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3413
He that attends to his interior self, That has a heart and keeps it, has a mind That hungers and supplies it; and who seeks A social, not a dissipated life.by: William CowperShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3411
Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.by: William CowperShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3382
One becomes calmer regarding many things, and precisely because of that one is more fit for one's work.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3359
To get drunk with ink is more worth while than to get drunk with brandy.by: Gustave FlaubertShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3358
As for my frenzy for work, I will compare it to an attack of herpes.by: Gustave FlaubertShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3356
You live in your dressing gown, the great enemy of liberty and activity.by: Gustave FlaubertShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3328
When you sell a man a book you do not sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3313
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results!Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3312
Genius is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and common sense.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3311
Genius is one per cent, inspiration and ninety-nine per cent, perspiration.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3301
There is no effort without error and shortcoming.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3300
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3286
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3267
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3266
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3265
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3264
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3262
Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God's name!by: Thomas CarlyleShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3261
Man is a Tool-using Animal.by: Thomas CarlyleShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3255
The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.by: Walter WhitmanShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3244
Works belong to the neighbour, faith to God.by: Martin LutherShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3234
As it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to the division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the extent of that power.by: Adam SmithShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3209
Do thine own work honestly and cheerfully.by: William PennShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3205
Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayst for physic.by: William PennShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3202
The defects of Fortune must be supplied by industry.Showing Quotes on work
Quote 3193
The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.by: Adam SmithShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3151
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.by: William JamesShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3139
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.by: William JamesShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3114
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3089
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless seaShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3064
There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of workShowing Quotes on work
Quote 3060
The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much, the companies never; it is the units, the single individuals, that are the power and the might.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 3019
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happyby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 3017
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.by: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2995
The secret of happiness is having something meaningful to do, seeking purposeby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2994
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrificeby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2930
All wealth is the product of labor.by: John LockeShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2876
Those who never have time do leastShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2871
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies himShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2835
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving earlyby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2830
Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my lifeby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2788
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to workby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2773
This is something that I cannot get over, that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a characterby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2755
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public goodby: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2642
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 2594
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 2585
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be doneShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2491
It is better to plan less and do moreShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2490
Do anything rather than give yourself to reverieShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2484
Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a manShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2466
All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think noblyShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2460
It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplishedShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2452
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himselfShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2450
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselvesShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2442
Happily in this community we all are bred and born to work; and this honorable mark, set on us all, should bind together the various portions of the communityShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2440
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teachShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2424
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do itby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2345
Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocksShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2269
Ambition is not what man does... but what man would doby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2267
He who did most, shall bear most; the strongest shall stand the most weakby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on work
Quote 2254
When a man's busy, why leisure strikes him as wonderful pleasure: faith, and at leisure once is he? Straightaway he wants to be busyby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2228
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youthShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2226
To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mindShowing Quotes on work
Quote 2223
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to workShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2178
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heavenby: Francis BeaumontShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2129
The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for.by: William BlakeShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2073
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to doShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2070
As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessary; a liking for workShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2065
In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do itShowing Quotes on work
Quote 2059
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneselfShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2056
Inspiration comes of working every dayShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 2054
The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soulShowing Quotes on work
Quote 2051
Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour doneShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1789
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.by: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1752
The post of honour is a private stationby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1737
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.by: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1692
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 1688
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working orderShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1605
The secret of getting things done is to act!by: Dante AlighieriShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1585
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may beby: QuintilianShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1554
Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowanceShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1520
Work is the curse of the drinking classesShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1519
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.by: Albert CamusShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1518
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'Showing Quotes on work
Quote 1517
There is no substitute for hard workShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1516
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.by: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1515
Every noble work is at first impossibleby: Thomas CarlyleShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1514
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like workShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1513
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard workShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1511
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.by: HorazShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1510
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.Showing Quotes on work
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Quote 1509
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your lifeby: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1508
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.by: Gustave FlaubertShowing Quotes on work
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Quote 1507
All things are difficult before they are easyby: Thomas FullerShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1486
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great headShowing Quotes on work
Quote 1445
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.Showing Quotes on work
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The beginning is the most important part of the workby: PlatonShowing Quotes on work
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