Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"Success comes to those who work for it."Wilhelm II
"Hard work never goes unrewarded."Wilhelm II
"Work gives meaning to life."Wilhelm II
"To be enduring, any effort must arise from the heart and mind together."Benjamin Disraeli
"Nothing is so wearying as indecision, and nothing is so fatal to it as work."Queen Victoria
"Whatever it is part of the function of a person to do, it is also his duty to do it well."John Stuart Mill
"Work is the law of life; idleness is its negation."William Gladstone
"Competition should elevate men, not degrade them."William Gladstone
"The wealth of nations lies not in gold but in the industry of its people."William Gladstone
"I prefer men of action to men of words, though both have their place."Wilhelm II
"The work of building a great nation is never finished in one lifetime."Wilhelm II
"Idleness is not the absence of work, but the absence of purpose."John Stuart Mill
"The first palliation of labour is to regulate it properly."Edmund Burke
"A man is glorified not in that he labours, but in that he knows for what he labours."Edmund Burke
"One secret of success in life is for a man to regard his vocation as a holy calling."Benjamin Disraeli
"Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve."Benjamin Disraeli
"I really have worked hard for the people."Queen Victoria
"I find my greatest satisfaction in fulfilling my duty."Queen Victoria
"An honest man can feel no pleasure in eating and sleeping on an idle income"Otto von Bismarck
"The work of reform is never finished; each generation must renew its efforts."William Gladstone
"Work that enriches only the worker is work that impoverishes society."William Gladstone
"The working man deserves respect, for he builds the nation."Wilhelm II
"A duty performed is a foundation stone laid for posterity."Wilhelm II
"A single day of meaningful work outweighs months of leisure."Wilhelm II
"I have observed that those who complain most are those who work least."Queen Victoria
"I was never one to be idle, for idleness breeds discontent and weakness."Queen Victoria
"Work is the dignity of man."Marie Antoinette
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Napoleon Bonaparte
"Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind."Benjamin Disraeli
"A man who has no office to go to does not know how hard he has to work."Benjamin Disraeli