Work Quotes

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

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"Find out what you love to do and you will never work a day in your life."
Feynman, Richard
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Einstein, Albert
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"I learned that the only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Einstein, Albert
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"If you cannot - in the long run - tell everyone what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"A very important part of the scientist's work is the choice of what is important."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Work is not a burden; it is an opportunity to contribute to the world."
Wigner, Eugene
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"The work of science is the noblest pursuit available to humanity."
Bohr, Niels
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Einstein, Albert
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"A physicist's job is to solve problems, not to philosophize endlessly about them."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Science progresses through the accumulated efforts of generations of dedicated minds."
Wigner, Eugene
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"There is a wide chasm between scientific knowledge and practical life."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"I believe that we should remember the following: A scientist only has the right to make statements about his field of research."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"What matters is not the result but the human endeavor and the method by which it is pursued."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"The pursuit of mathematical understanding is noble work."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Work in mathematics is play for the prepared mind."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Problems are the heart of mathematics."
Hilbert, David
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"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."
Einstein, Albert
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"A mathematician's life should be dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of existence."
Weyl, Hermann
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"The work of a scientist is never truly complete; it is a journey without end."
Weyl, Hermann
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"Work that contributes to human knowledge ennobles those who undertake it."
Weyl, Hermann
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"One should not work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"I have had my solutions for a long time, but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them."
Poincaré, Henri
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"A scientist must organize his thoughts. That is very hard work."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The foundations of mathematics are not found in heaven; they are built by human hands."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"The mathematician's task is not to discover eternal truths, but to create meaningful ones."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"I would rather have problems that need me than be a man of leisure."
Hilbert, David
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"The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"What is important is the work one leaves behind."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The ability to work without external reward is the sign of a truly noble spirit."
Weyl, Hermann