Work Quotes

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

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"Commerce is the result of equality and peace."
Montesquieu
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"Work is not a curse; it is only a curse when it is imposed against our will"
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Work is the refuge of people with nothing better to do."
Marcel Proust
"Work is love made visible."
Romain Rolland
"Work that lacks passion is merely slavery by another name."
Romain Rolland
"One ages as soon as one ceases to be useful to others."
André Gide
"The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it."
André Gide
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"Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices."
Montesquieu
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"The spirit of commerce should guide enlightened nations."
Montesquieu
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"A man must have work to do before he has leisure to enjoy."
Denis Diderot
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"Work gives dignity to life."
Denis Diderot
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"Work is where we express our freedom."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"To be able to savor the flavor of life, one must work."
Marcel Proust
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"Work spares us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Nothing is given to mortals, everything must be earned."
Albert Camus
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"We do not act in order to live; we live in order to act."
Jean-Paul Sartre
J
"Work gives life structure and purpose."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"I love people who are able to get things done."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"One must work with passion or not work at all."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"Work keeps us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."
Denis Diderot
J
"History shows that everything deems possible to industry."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Work that is unloved is slavery to the spirit."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Talent without discipline is like a boat without a rudder."
André Gide
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"Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."
Voltaire
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"Work that does not feed the soul is merely slavery by another name."
Albert Camus
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"Work is either meditation or torture, never anything in between."
Albert Camus
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"To work is to participate in creating the world."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Trade makes men peaceful, while idleness and ignorance make them restless and violent."
Montesquieu
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"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence is not an act but a habit."
Denis Diderot
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"Work gives purpose and meaning to life."
Denis Diderot