We work to become, not to acquire.
—Elbert Hubbard
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Sunday, March 05, 2023
Friday, January 04, 2019
Monday, September 11, 2017
Post #2401
I cannot abide to see men throw away their tools the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure in their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much. The very grindstone 'll go on turning a bit after you loose it.
—George Eliot
—George Eliot
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Monday, October 13, 2014
Post #1661
The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make much money nor to find much fun in life.
— Charles M. Schwab
— Charles M. Schwab
Friday, July 18, 2014
Post #1600
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.
—John Ruskin
—John Ruskin
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Post #1343
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it: toil is the law.
—John Ruskin
—John Ruskin
Monday, June 03, 2013
Post #1267
Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.
—John Ruskin
—John Ruskin
Friday, May 03, 2013
Post #1246
All work, even cotton spinning, is noble; work is alone noble...A life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god.
—Thomas Carlyle
—Thomas Carlyle
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Post #1220
If you are losing your leisure, look out! You may be losing your soul.
—Logan Pearsall Smith
—Logan Pearsall Smith
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Post #1009
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
—Abraham Maslow
—Abraham Maslow
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Post #947
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously, and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second is disastrous.
—Margot Fonteyn
—Margot Fonteyn
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Post #922
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
—Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
—Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Post #820
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
—Robert Half
—Robert Half
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Post #810
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
—Ulysses S. Grant
—Ulysses S. Grant
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Post #717
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
—Miles Davis
—Miles Davis
Friday, September 09, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Post #649
I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
—Helena Rubenstein
—Helena Rubenstein
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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