Work Quotes

"The few must work, so that the many can play."

"Work is where freedom becomes real."

"Duty is the necessity of acting from respect for law."

"One must cultivate one's talents as a duty to oneself and society."

"The dignity of work lies in its service to moral and rational ends."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"Work is the true path to peace."

"Idleness is the root of all vice and the enemy of all virtue."

"All the great achievements of man have been based on the commutation of labor."

"The dull necessity of busying ourselves with the means of living well."

"Man was made for action and for bustle too."

"It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labour of calculation."

"Work becomes noble when done with love."

"Duty is the necessity of acting from respect for law."

"Labor is dignity and purpose."

"We are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are we free to abandon it."

"Work is the purpose of life."

"Commerce is really fatal to morality; the spirit of trade is incompatible with the true spirit of virtue."

"All his zeal and industry seem rather to increase and augment his anxiety."

"I am at present engaged in an undertaking which highly interests me."

"The greatest work is to cultivate virtue in oneself and others."

"The great art of learning is to undertake but one thing at a time."

"All riches are the effects of labor and industry."

"The sweetness of life is in the accomplishment of duty."

"Work ennobles the soul."

"The mind must be trained as rigorously as the body."

"Honest work, no matter how humble, brings dignity to the laborer."

"Effort is the very essence of power."

"Work becomes meaningful when aligned with purpose."

"Work ennobles those who approach it with integrity."