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