Work Quotes

The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.

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"The hands of a skilled surgeon are guided by experience."
Galen
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"To practice medicine well requires a lifetime of study."
Galen
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"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together"
Herodotus
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"Idleness and lack of occupation tend inevitably to enmity and disease."
Hippocrates
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"Doing nothing is not idleness; idleness is doing something with reluctance."
Hippocrates
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"Labor is the law of existence."
Pindar
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"Those who labor greatly deserve great reward."
Pindar
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"A worker's hands are his fortune."
Xenophon
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"A man may be very industrious and yet not thrifty."
Xenophon
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"Idleness is the parent of mischief."
Aesop
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"The laborer is worthy of his hire."
Aesop
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"The lesson of the ant is that all labor has dignity."
Aesop
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"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
Thucydides
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"To work without passion is merely to exist."
Thucydides
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"Work that does not contribute to health or knowledge is ultimately worthless."
Hippocrates
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"Work performed with love becomes a prayer made manifest."
Pindar
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"Work becomes noble when performed with integrity and care for others."
Pindar
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"The work of the hands is noble when guided by the mind."
Xenophon
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"The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building her house and laying up supplies for the winter."
Aesop
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"Whoever loves wisdom loves labor."
Hippocrates
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"Work conquers all things."
Hippocrates
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"Idleness and lack of occupation tend inevitably to mental deterioration."
Hippocrates
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"The work of one's hands reflects the integrity of one's heart."
Pindar
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"The work that exhausts the body but elevates the spirit is true work."
Pindar
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"Work is the path to mastery."
Anaxagoras
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"Work ennobles the human spirit."
Anaxagoras
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"Idleness is the root of all mischief and regret."
Aesop
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"The ant works without complaint, unlike the grasshopper."
Aesop
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"To work without purpose is to waste the gift of life."
Pindar
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"The work of the hands finds completion in the work of the heart"
Sappho