Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Father Quotes, Work Quotes

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

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Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned.

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Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when we do our best, we do not work. Work is merely a means to these moments.

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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

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When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

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To be is to be related.

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Practice non-action. Work without doing.

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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

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How do I work? I grope.

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Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.

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"I could have done it in a much more complicated way," said the Red Queen, immensely proud.

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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.

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The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.

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The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

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We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.

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