Musonius Rufus Quote by Philip Ghezelbash

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of…

— Musonius Rufus

“A pleasure that is ephemeral brings no true satisfaction to any man. How miserable must be the lives of those folk who labor so…

— Seneca

In working well, if travail you sustain, Into the wind shall lightly pass the pain; But of the deed the glory shall remain, And…

— Nicholas Grimald

“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not.…

— Charles Kingsley

“What interest, in fact, can this depressing work have for the worker, when he knows that the fate awaiting him from the cradle to…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

“After so much time spent in painful labor, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires was the most gratifying consummation of…

— Mary Shelley

“Pain we surrender to God is not wasted but like labor pains it bears fruit and brings new life.”

— Barbara Hosbach

“All beings desire pleasure, a surcease of need or want, and there is no shame in that.”

— Sherri L. King

“Can they supinely dream life away in the lap of pleasure, or in the languor of weariness, rather than assert their claim to pursue…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“A noble mind finds its purest joy in the accomplishment of its duty, and to that willingly sacrifices its inclination.”

— Johann David Wyss

“There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their labour is…

— Seneca