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“No life can be dreary when work is delight.”

Work Delight Dreary

Book:Under the surface

Source: Under the surface

“Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.”

Work Salvation Delight

Author:Maxim Gorky

“A foreman, if he's got a conscience, and delights in his work, will do his business as well as if he was a partner. I wouldn't give a penny for a man as 'ud drive a nail in slack because he didn't get extra pay for it.”

Ifs Men Giving Wells Work Pay Conscience Delight Partners Extras Nails Pennies

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.”

Ifs Men Way I Can Hate Bits Work Pleasure Too Much Minutes Pride Arms Goes On Shots Tools I Hate Delight Strikes Clock Strokes Grindstone

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.”

Inspirational Work Inspiring Courage Bravery Surprise Delight Boldness Stronger Than You Think

Author:Denholm Elliott

“The labor we delight in physics [cures] pain.”

Pain Work Labor Delight Physics Cures

Author:William Shakespeare