Your Work Quotes

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So to the wretched writer I should like to say that thereâ€™s one body only whose request for your caresses is not vulgar, is not… — William H. Gass
You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by… — Vaclav Havel
Caring about the quality of your work causes stress. Stress can kill you. Maintain good health by remembering that the stockholders are complete strangers who… — Scott Adams
My friend Terry says that when you need to make a decision, in your work or otherwise, and you donâ€™t know what to do, just… — Anne Lamott
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real… — Anne Lamott
By and large a good rule for finding out is this: the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work… — Frederick Buechner
[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I… — Tracy Hickman
When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you… — Gary Zukav
I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions… — Seth Godin
You love your work. God help you, you love it! And thats the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to… — Ayn Rand
A great many things determine how people live, and money is not at the top of the list. Choices are always available. What you choose… — Elisabeth Elliot
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it.… — Jean Cocteau
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading… — William Safire
In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work â€¦ — Elizabeth Gilbert
I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need… — Tim Gunn
Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and… — William Stafford
Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you. — Thomas Carlyle
I'm like the weather, never really can predict when this rain cloud's gonna burst; when it's the high or it's the low, when you might… — Naomi Shihab Nye
When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your… — Thomas Merton
Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work. — Albert Camus

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