Great Work Quotes

224 quotes by 179 authors

I don't like the fact that no one has any imagination anymore. It doesn't pay to be a dreamer because all they really want you… — Joe Meno
The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the… — Thomas Berry
I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout. — Oksana Baiul
A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention. — Christopher Ricks
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we… — Joseph Priestley
What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that… — David Robinson
Thereâ€™s a real question as to what beauty is and why itâ€™s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions and tell us… — Roger Scruton
That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and… — Azar Nafisi
If you are not skillful enough to sketch a man jumping out of a window in the time it takes him to fall from the… — Eugene Delacroix
Heaven is weary of the luxury of China. I shall remain in the wilderness of the north. I shall return to simplicity and moderations once… — Genghis Khan
In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire. — Genghis Khan
It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one. — Janet Erskine Stuart
The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics. — Jay Chiat
Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that… — Anne Sweeney
Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us and the Holy… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Do not be discouraged on account of the greatness of the work; only be humble and faithful. . . . He who scattered Israel has… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The Great Work - the work of ensuring a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations of all species. — Thomas Berry
A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. - Neither in Art nor Literature more than in… — Margaret Fuller
A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a… — Madeleine L'Engle

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