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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
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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
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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 2506
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practiceby: Anton ChekhovShowing 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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