Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"The merchant who knows many lands becomes wealthy in knowledge before in coin."Strabo
"Work is not a punishment but a privilege."Diogenes Laërtius
"Hard work never yet killed a man."Juvenal
"Idleness is the mother of all vice."Juvenal
"The greatest reward for a man's toils is not what he gets for them, but what he becomes by them."Plutarch
"No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune."Plutarch
"Work is the noble expression of human will."Apuleius
"The work of understanding the world is never complete."Strabo
"Excellence is the pursuit of those who love their craft."Strabo
"What we build lasts only as long as our understanding endures."Strabo
"Work is not the curse; idleness is the disease."Petronius
"Work ennobles the soul that approaches it with dignity."Petronius
"To do great work, one must love what they do."Diogenes Laërtius
"Work is the path to dignity."Diogenes Laërtius
"Work without purpose is slavery; with purpose, it is freedom."Juvenal
"Work done with the wrong intention brings suffering rather than fulfillment."Porphyry
"Work becomes prayer when done with full presence and righteous intention."Porphyry
"Work is the sculptor of human dignity."Apuleius
"Work becomes pleasure when pursued with passion."Apuleius
"Work gives meaning to life."Martial
"Work is noble and dignified."Martial
"Work without purpose is mere toil."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Work ennobles the soul."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Hard work is the price of success."Suetonius
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life."Suetonius
"Constant activity is not necessarily progress."Plutarch
"When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring the means of subsistence."Plutarch
"The work of a day, however humble, has dignity."Tacitus
"Work gives purpose to life."Tacitus
"To work without purpose is to exist in a prison of one's own making."Juvenal