Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"I have learned that most of evil comes from idleness and boredom."Abbé Faria
"All sorrow and vexation spring from idleness."Don Quixote
"You can't live only for yourself; the world is waiting for your service."Levin
"Work and love; these are the only two realities in the world."Levin
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Levin
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Don Quixote
"Work is the only thing that saves us."Levin
"Work is the only thing that ever comes to me."Alexei Vronsky
"Work is the noblest of virtues"Sancho Panza
"What's the use of that gasoline station in the valley of ashes?"Nick Carraway
"He was content with mediocrity."Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
"Work ennobles the spirit."Edmond Dantès
"Our father didn't do anything. He worked in an office, not in a drugstore."Scout Finch
"Every lawyer has a few cases in his lifetime which mean everything to him."Atticus Finch
"Every one works for every one else."Lenina Crowne
"Do you like your work?"John the Savage
"The only thing that's kept me from being a bum is the fact that I've always been such a hard worker."Tom Buchanan
"A man is born for action, and activity is his calling."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"I thought Atticus relished a courtroom the same way some people relished mint juleps."Scout Finch
"The work we do defines our character."Nikolai Rostov
"There are just some kind of men who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us."Atticus Finch
"The whole secret of the existence of man is that he should find something to do."Pierre Bezukhov
"There is always some something immensely more interesting to do than whatever thing one actually is doing."Bernard Marx
"Do the best you can with what you have."Atticus Finch
"Work gives meaning and purpose to our existence"Platon Karataev
"Every one works for every one else."Mustapha Mond
"You can always find something to do when you don't have to earn a living"Lenina Crowne
"You need something with a bit of pep to it."Lenina Crowne
"Work keeps you from thinking about what you've lost."Billy Bibbit
"No sir, I don't mind a bit."Milo Minderbinder