Drudgery Quotes

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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. — Orison Swett Marden
You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better… — Orison Swett Marden
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries. — Richard Wagner
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. — Max Ehrmann
The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of itâ€¦ If youâ€™re convinced that cooking is drudgery, youâ€™re never going to be good… — James Beard
Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily tasks, whether we… — Kathleen Norris
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. — Mahatma Gandhi
If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it,… — Tom Hodgkinson
True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a… — Toni Morrison
A conclusion Iâ€™ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but itâ€™s really about making work into something that… — Tom Hodgkinson
Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world. — James Patterson
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle… — George Orwell
The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the classwork not a gymnastic hour… — Merce Cunningham
I regard a love for poetry as one of the most needful and helpful elements in the life-outfit of a human being. It was the… — Lucy Larcom
Work is not a curse, but drudgery is. — Henry Ward Beecher
Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun. — Colleen Barrett
This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to… — Ursula Burns
Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning your fate and… — Srikumar Rao

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