Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"Work without purpose is merely labor."Lord Byron
"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of machine management."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The highest happiness is to take pride in your work."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Work becomes a pleasure when it serves a purpose greater than oneself."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."John Keats
"Labour well the minute particulars."John Milton
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Work is love made visible."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Work is not a curse but the expression of our purpose."John Milton
"Work with joy and it becomes worship; work with resentment and it becomes punishment."John Milton
"Every mental pursuit takes out of the body something."John Keats
"Beware of the deadly sin of sloth."Lord Byron
"Work is the praise of those who understand life's purpose."Dante Alighieri
"Work done with love is work that elevates the soul."Dante Alighieri
"In every conceivable manner, the work of a man is a portraiture of himself."William Wordsworth
"The greatest works are built not from inspiration alone, but from disciplined labor and humble persistence."William Wordsworth
"A man may not wive and thrive both in a year."Geoffrey Chaucer
"Greet is the fruit of labours."Geoffrey Chaucer
"The deed is everything."Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"What boots it with incessant care to tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade?"John Milton
"Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive."Ovid
"Work gives the world its substance; love gives it its meaning."Ovid
"Labor overcomes all things."Virgil
"Work with excellence and integrity always."Virgil
"Labor is the lot of man."Homer
"Toil is the lot of mortals."Homer
"Honest work brings honest reward."Homer
"Labor ennobles the human spirit."Homer
"Work builds character and strength."Homer