| Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. -- Leonardo Da Vinci |
| Author:
Da Vinci, LeonardoEra:
1452 |
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| Rough work, iconoclasm, - but the only way to get at truth. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. |
| Author:
Holmes Sr., Oliver WendellEra:
1809 |
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| Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. -- John Milton |
| Author:
Milton, JohnEra:
1608 |
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| Richer is one hour of repentance and good works in this world than all of life of the world to come; and richer is one hour's calm of spirit in the world to come than all of life of this world. -- The Talmud |
| Author:
Talmud, TheEra:
-500 |
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| The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. -- I Ching |
| Author:
Ching, IEra:
-1150 |
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| Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. -- Seneca |
| Author:
SenecaEra:
-4 |
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| Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. -- John Ernest Steinbeck |
| Author:
Steinbeck, JohnEra:
1902 |
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| There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. -- Josiah Holland |
| Author:
Holland, JosiahEra:
1819 |
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| Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed; and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. -- William Cowper |
| Author:
Cowper, WilliamEra:
1731 |
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| Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. -- Mencius |
| Author:
MenciusEra:
-371 |
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| He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas. -- John Ruskin |
| Author:
Ruskin, JohnEra:
1819 |
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| Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. -- Robert Benchley |
| Author:
Benchley, RobertEra:
1889 |
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| For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Author:
Longfellow, Henry WadsworthEra:
1807 |
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| It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. -- Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton |
| Author:
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward RobertEra:
1803 |
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| Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hard, and there is no knowledge that is not power. -- Jeremy Taylor |
| Author:
Taylor, JeremyEra:
1613 |
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| A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. -- Oscar Wilde |
| Author:
Wilde, OscarEra:
1854 |
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| Plough deep while sluggards sleep. -- Benjamin Franklin |
| Author:
Franklin, BenjaminEra:
1706 |
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| The beginning is the most important part of the work. -- Plato |
| Author:
PlatoEra:
-427 |
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| Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigor three hours a day will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe. -- Samuel Johnson |
| Author:
Johnson, SamuelEra:
1709 |
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| I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. -- Thomas A. Edison |
| Author:
Edison, Thomas A.Era:
1847 |
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| Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one. -- Konrad Lorenz |
| Author:
Lorenz, KonradEra:
1903 |
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| Sadness is not an evil. Complain not; what seem to be sufferings and obstacles are often in reality the mysterious efforts of nature to help you in your work if you can manage them properly. Look upon all circumstances with the gratitude of a pupil. All complaint is a rebellion against the law of progress. -- H. P. Blavatsky |
| Author:
Blavatsky, H. P.Era:
1831 |
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| Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. -- Saskya Pandita |
| Author:
Pandita, SaskyaEra:
1182 |
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| All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. -- Calvin Coolidge |
| Author:
Coolidge, CalvinEra:
1872 |
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| The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb. -- Russell Baker |
| Author:
Baker, RussellEra:
1925 |
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| Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. -- Bhagavad Gita |
| Author:
Gita, BhagavadEra:
-400 |
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| All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. -- Plato |
| Author:
PlatoEra:
-427 |
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| The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. -- Thomas Carlyle |
| Author:
Carlyle, ThomasEra:
1795 |
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| Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise; He who defers his work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay; Till the whole stream which stopped him should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on. -- Abraham Cowley |
| Author:
Cowley, AbrahamEra:
1618 |
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| The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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