Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"Work becomes sacred only when it creates something beyond profit."Arthur Rimbaud
"Work becomes play when you love what you do."Paul Verlaine
"Work is love made visible."Paul Verlaine
"Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need."Voltaire
"You must cultivate your garden."Voltaire
"Work that serves only the self corrupts the worker"Pierre Corneille
"Work without purpose is merely motion, not progress."Jean Racine
"Action is the only reality; not only is it the supremacy of reality, but it is the only conceivable reality."Charles Baudelaire
"Work becomes noble when we do it with passion and purpose."Paul Verlaine
"To be of service to others is the highest calling."Molière
"Work without passion is merely labor."Molière
"Work is love made visible."Gérard de Nerval
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Gérard de Nerval
"Work is the greatest blessing of life."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Work well done brings satisfaction."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do"Théophile Gautier
"Work is not a curse; it is the price of our humanity."Guy de Maupassant
"Work done with love is prayer."Guy de Maupassant
"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Work is love made visible."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"One must work, if not from inclination, then from desperation."Charles Baudelaire
"Work without love is slavery; love without work is merely fantasy."Paul Verlaine
"The work of life is not to accumulate but to experience."Paul Verlaine
"Work without passion is merely the selling of one's hours."Arthur Rimbaud
"Work is the cure for all ills."Paul Verlaine
"Work that does not feed the soul feeds nothing of value."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Work is worship when done with full consciousness."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Work is the refuge of the dull."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Work without purpose is merely labor"Guy de Maupassant