Who said "The world was not made so that we could do nothing."?

This quote is attributed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The world was not made so that we could do nothing. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"The world was not made so that we could do nothing."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Work

Poet English 1806–1861

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

"All that evil requires to flourish is the inaction of good people."

"The human heart has hidden treasures in secret places."

"God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face."

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."