Affection Quote by Wendell Berry

“Good human work honors God's work. Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin.…

— Wendell Berry

It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Though virtue give a ragged livery, she gives a golden cognizance; if her service make thee poor, blush not. Thy poverty may disadvantage thee,…

— Francis Quarles

“The goal of work is not to gain wealth and possessions, but to serve the common good and bring glory to God.”

— Richard J. Foster

To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as…

— Anonymous

We must do everything we are obliged to do; give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our love by…

— Therese of Lisieux

“The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human labor. But…

— Timothy Keller

Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature.

— Paul Gauguin

“work is ultimately to be about a finer attunement to the world as the place of God’s sustaining presence. With an awareness of God…

— Norman Wirzba

“The Lord has made all things for Himself (Prov.xvi.4): apart from Himself there existed nothing to make them for. He made them for His…

— Frank Sheed

“Despise everything that useless toil creates as an ornament and an object of beauty. And reflect that nothing except the soul is worthy of…

— Seneca

“It is not always more work that we want so much as a better motive. Many of us do a good deal of work,…

— Dwight L. Moody