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Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. (Quote by - Bible)

Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries, As motion and long-during action tires The sinewy vigor of the traveller. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche. (Quote by - Germaine Greer)

God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. (Quote by - J. G. Holland)

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. (Quote by - Henry J. Kaiser)

People should tell their children what life is all about-it's about work. (Quote by - Lauren Bacall)

Hard toil can roughen form and face, And want call quench the eye's bright grace. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)

If a little labour, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains. (Quote by - Robert Herrick)

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. (Quote by - Herodotus)

Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself. (Quote by - Maria Goeppert Mayer)

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. (Quote by - Calvin Coolidge)

But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve, Then is the day of crumbling not far off. (Quote by - Sir William Watson 2)

There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish. (Quote by - Mary Parker Follett)

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people. (Quote by - John F. Kennedy)

If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. (Quote by - Emily Bronte)

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

He that well his warke beginneth The rather a good ende he winneth. (Quote by - John Gower)

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert. (Quote by - Bertie Charles Forbes)

Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen, What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles. (Quote by - Charles Kingsley)

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known. (Quote by - Walt Disney)

Originality and the feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. (Quote by - Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Let no one till his death Be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the day's out and the labour done. (Quote by - Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Work is man's most natural form of relaxation. (Quote by - Dagobert Runes)

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