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Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915Up From Slavery (1901), Chapter XII: Raising Money
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915The Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)
- Race
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty. Iit is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
George Washington1732–1799The writings of George Washington, American Stationers Co., 1836, p. 301
This is the real secret of life⁠—to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
Alan Watts1915–1973The Essence of Alan Watts (1977)
- Life & Death
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
Daniel Webster1782–1852
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech (2 April 1824); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iii, page 141
- Economics
Cooking should be a way of life⁠—an extension of oneself⁠—never a job.
Marco Pierre Whiteborn 1961Marco Pierre White in Hell’s Kitchen (2008)
- Food
The Sabbath is not simply a time to rest, to recuperate. We should look at our work from the outside, not just from within.
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Culture and Value (1980), p. 91e
It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Zinedine Zidaneborn 1972Interview, 2004
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Émile Zola1840–1902