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«The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.»
«The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.»
«The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one»
«The days you work are the best days»
Author: Georgia O'Keeffe (Painter) | About: Work
«The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.»
Author: William Osler (Physician) | About: Work | Keywords: preparation, superbly
«The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.»
Author: William Carlos Williams (Poet) | About: Work | Keywords: stress
«The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better»
Author: Elbert Hubbard | About: Work | Keywords: for good, Good Work, reward
«The harder I work the more I live.»
«The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.»
«The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life»
Author: Thomas Carlyle (Essayist, Historian) | About: Work