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Work Quotes by John Burroughs
- For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to…
- I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do,…
- Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to…
- There is a condition or circumstance that has a greater bearing upon the happiness of life than any other. What is it? Something to do;…
- Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed…
- For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach