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Evil gains work their punishment. – Sophocles

I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work. – Helen Reddy

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. – Thomas Aquinas

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times. – Thomas Aquinas

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. – Thornton Wilder

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise. – Evander Holyfield

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. – Dylan Thomas

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. – Gustave Flaubert

My work is a game, a very serious game. – M. C. Escher

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life. – Stephen Covey

Will it, and set to work briskly. – Friedrich Schiller

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. – Lou Holtz

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. – Meister Eckhart

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. – Ralph Marston

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution. – Wendell Willkie

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair. – Vidal Sassoon

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. – Meryl Streep

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire