Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"Work becomes art when infused with genuine passion."Émile Zola
"Write with thy pencil first in a rough draught"John Keats
"I have been writing a little too much lately"John Keats
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well."Charles Dickens
"Idleness is the parent of all mischief."Charles Dickens
"All human advancement comes through patient toil."Charles Dickens
"Work is the only honest remedy for despair."Honoré de Balzac
"The laborer who takes pride in his work is richer than the lazy nobleman."Honoré de Balzac
"A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done."William Wordsworth
"Merit consists in action."Victor Hugo
"The supreme pleasure is to do one's duty."Victor Hugo
"Nothing is more dangerous than discontinuous labor; nothing is healthier than regular work."Victor Hugo
"Work is love made visible."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Work gives us purpose and meaning."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"The world rewards action, not intention."Mary Shelley
"Work without purpose is slavery; purpose without work is fantasy."Alexandre Dumas
"Work becomes pleasure when it serves a purpose greater than yourself."Alexandre Dumas
"I love my work with a love that is frenzied and perverse."Gustave Flaubert
"To reach success, the good earth has sometimes need of the spade."Gustave Flaubert
"Work is the noble task that gives meaning to human existence."Honoré de Balzac
"Work without purpose is mere toil; work with purpose is noble."Honoré de Balzac
"I am growing sick of an idle life."John Keats
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."William Wordsworth
"Every man hath business and desire such as it is."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"The labours of man change, transform, and improve the aspect of the physical world."Mary Shelley
"The work of the mind never truly ceases."Mary Shelley
"One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor."Victor Hugo
"There is a flatness about the professions which I cannot approve."Jane Austen
"Work without joy is slavery."William Wordsworth
"Work is the refuge of those who have nothing to do."Lord Byron