“How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less.” WayYearsSufferingWorkSimpleEventsPunishmentFatigueDisagreeableSimple TruthsSufferings In Life Author:Charles Baudelaire
“I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?” ThinkingKnowsFeelsDoeStillsPassionEnjoyWorkSimpleTruth IsSittingSickConstantCommittedDrivenKicksSitting Still Author:Beverly Sills
“I am suggesting to you the simple idea that people work harder and smarter if they find their work satisfying and know that it is appreciated.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasWorkSimpleHard WorkHarderSatisfyingSmarterAppreciatedWork HarderSuggestingSimple Ideas Author:Robert Six
“To be sure, changes in American family structure have been fairly continuous since the first European settlements, but today thesechanges seem to be occurring so rapidly that the shift is no longer a simple extension of long-term trends. We have passed a genuine watershed: this is the first time in our history that the typical school-age child has a mother who works outside the home.” FirstsChildrenLongHas BeensHomeSeemsAgeTodaySchoolMotherTermChangeWorkSimpleFirst TimeStructureWork OutGenuineLong TermTrendsTypicalExtensionsSettlementAmerican FamilyWatersheds Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.” WorkSimpleQualityPerfectionSatisfactionProfessionExpectedLuxuryEnjoymentDedicationPrecisionComputer ScienceQuality WorkJob Well DonePersonal SatisfactionDispensable Author:Niklaus Wirth
“Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.” ThinkingMenAsksWorkSimpleAnswers Author:Jacob Bronowski
“A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.” MenFirstsHeartArtTwoThreeWorkSimpleWalkingGamblingTrekkingDetoursRediscovery Book:Lyrical and Critical Essays Source: Lyrical and Critical Essays
“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.” DesireWorkFreedomSimpleAbilityMoneySecretIndependentIndependenceFinancialDefinitionsLifestyleFinanceLive LifeRelyFinancial FreedomEconomic FreedomFinancial Independence Author:T. Harv Eker
“One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful tribute!” WantChildrenArtSaidUnderstandingWorkSimpleWonderfulPaintingUnderstoodPainterGalleryTributeCurator Author:Ted Harrison
“I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong." . . . Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. Some use complexity to disguise the paucity of their material. In fact, simplicity is a virtue and when, as here, it is both original and useful, it can represent a real advance in knowledge.” IfsFeelsBelieveImportantIdeasRealFactsUseBeliefI BelieveTermWorkSimpleVirtuePiecesMaterialsOriginalsSimplicityHeavyComplicatedComplexityPeterDisguiseEssaysDegrading Author:Dennis Lindley