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“The history of work has been, in part, the history of the worker's body. Production depended on what the body could accomplish with strength and skill. Techniques that improve output have been driven by a general desire to decrease the pain of labor as well as by employers' intentions to escape dependency upon that knowledge which only the sentient laboring body could provide.”

Source: In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power

“How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle, adventurous and competitive but still nurturing and friendly, sweet yet sharp. We know as working women that we can't quite have it all, but that hasn't stopped us from wanting it all for them.”

Knows Stills Mother Desire Strong Work Sweet Daughter Gentle Friendly Fierce Adulthood Adventurous Nurturing Working Women

Author:Anne Roiphe

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”

Humor Desire Work Courage Determination Safety Noble Enterprise Boldness Total War Safety And Security

Author:Tacitus

“In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.”

Ideas Desire Work Enemy Creativity Industry Innovation Productivity

Book:Situationism: A Compendium

Source: Situationism: A Compendium

“The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.”

Thinking Way Kind Desire Passion Work Steps Morning Fields Bed Spring Commitment Excellence Self Confidence Genuine Performers Unwavering Passion For Excellence Spring In Your Step

Author:James C. Collins

“My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.”

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Author:T. Harv Eker

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.”

“Creative people have to believe in the value of their work. If you don’t have any belief then you can’t give anything—designing is an act of giving, and a belief in the value of the work fuels the desire to express something. It’s important to know what your values are and to take care of them.”

People Ifs Knows Giving Believe Important Care Desire Values Belief Work Creativity Creative Knowing Design Expression Take Care Fuel Creative People Graphic Design

Author:Peter Saville

“Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what you don't now enjoy and for no end that you can now appreciate.”

Ends Desire Enjoy Work Appreciate Sake Appreciation Strain Drudgery

Book:What Men Live by: Work, Play, Love, Worship

Source: What Men Live by: Work, Play, Love, Worship