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“Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.”

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Book:Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”

Thinking Work Pay Fame Glory Workers Thinker Handiwork

Book:The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois

Source: The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois

“Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!”

May Made Done Hands Spirit Religion Spirituality Work Half Praying Glory Garden Finished Knees Adam Gardening Gardener Passing Away

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“The greater the effort, the greater the glory.”

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Author:Pierre Corneille

“The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life.”

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Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Volume 30, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays V

Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Volume 30, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays V

“The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.”

Wisdom Work Pride Glory Lust Lions Wrath Glory Of God Goats Bounty Peacock

Author:William Blake

“Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord - march on, the Lord is our General. Do not look back to see who falls - forward - onward! Thus and thus we shall go on, brethren. One falls, and another takes up the work”

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda