Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.
John Ruskin
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they... →
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as... →
Whether for life or death, do your own work well.
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and... →
Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other... →
The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill... →