Work Quotes

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

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"Every person has a natural right to choose any occupation of social value which he is able to perform."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Work becomes noble when it serves something greater than oneself."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Work that lacks meaning is merely labor."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"To work is to pray."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Work done with love is never truly work."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Work without purpose is merely a slow form of despair."
Knut Hamsun
"The greatest work is done not by genius, but by steady perseverance."
Robert Browning
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"Great is the power of steady habit; it chains us down to earth."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"The machinery of the mind grows stronger with use; idle minds rust and corrode."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"What we plant in youth, we reap in age; let us sow wisdom and reap peace."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Work that comes from the heart is never wasted."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Work becomes joyful when done with purpose."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Work with love and purpose."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Work gives meaning to life."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Work is prayer; prayer is work."
Robert Browning
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"A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done."
Søren Kierkegaard
"Work gives meaning to life."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Work is a curse. But I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a blessing."
August Strindberg
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"Work is the prayer of those who believe in tomorrow."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Work done with love is work done with grace."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Work is the true tonic for all the ills of mankind."
Henrik Ibsen
"To work is to pray, and prayer without work is empty."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Work without love is merely slavery of the mind."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Work that feeds the soul nourishes the spirit."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"The whole of life has become so economic, so utilitarian, that there is no room for greatness anymore."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Every person has a talent, but talent alone is not enough"
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"I find my life is useful only when I am of service to others."
August Strindberg
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"The greatest misery is the feeling of being useless."
August Strindberg
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"I believe that work is the salvation of the soul."
August Strindberg
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"The world does not owe you a living; you must earn it."
August Strindberg