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- If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
- Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
- W. N. Taylor
- Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
- Ruth Stout
- In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
- Peter McWilliams
- Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
- Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)
- I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.
- Katherine Anne Porter (1894 - 1980)
- The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
- Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973), The Joy of Children, 1964
- I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
- Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
- It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
- Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
- I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.
- Louise Nevelson (1900 - 1988), 1980
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