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Voltaire summed things up quite succinctly when he said, "Work keeps at bay those three great evils: boredom, vice and need."This little collection of 101 quotes - by actors, political leaders, scientists, writers, poets, artists and the like - showcases the importance of work in our lives and how to get the most out of it.

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Publié par	Crombie Jardine Publishing Limited
Date de parution	14 décembre 2013
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781291669350
Langue	English

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INTRODUCTION
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Mondays aren’t so bad – it’s your job that sucks...

There are plenty of Monday jokes out there – for a reason: it’s back to work after two days off doing what we want. Most of us will, at some stage, grumble about work and all it entails, from the daily commute to the drudgery or stress that comes with the average day, the poor pay at the end of the month, the whole hamster-on-a-wheel scenario. But work is something we can’t really avoid, unless we were born wealthy enough not to have to worry about money. Just as well, really, because if people didn’t work, our civilization as we know it would grind to a halt. Whether the trains stopped running or the banks closed their doors, our infrastructure would soon collapse and all hell would break loose.

The trick is to find work we enjoy. If we can find something we enjoy doing, the chances are we’ll be good at it and we’ll find it exciting and fulfilling. And so a positive cycle is powered up. To do this, though, we have to be lucky or plan and adapt and keep going until we find what’s good for us and satisfying. For some people that’s a 9 to 5 admin job with no pressure, for others it’s being a heart surgeon, whilst others love travelling all over the world selling a particular product or idea.

Voltaire summed things up quite succinctly when he said, “Work keeps at bay those three great evils: boredom, vice and need.”

This little collection of 101 quotes – by actors, political leaders, scientists, writers, poets, artists and the like – showcases the importance of work in our lives and how to get the most out of it.

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

Douglas Adams
1952-2001
Writer

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“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty.”

Louisa May Alcott
1832-1882
Writer

3
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“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses: behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

Muhammad Ali
b.1942
Boxer

4
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“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

Woody Allen
b.1935
Actor, comedian and director

5
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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

Maya Angelou
b.1928
Writer and poet

6
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“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher

7
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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe
1943-1993
Tennis player

8
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“A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office every day. Not because he likes it, but because he can’t think of anything else to do.”

W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden
1907-1973
Poet

9
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“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”

J(ames) M(atthew) Barrie
1860-1937
Writer

10
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“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.”

Warren Beatty
b.1937
Actor, director and producer

11
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“A person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o’clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”

Emily Brontë
1818-1848
Writer and poet

12
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“Measure not the work until the day’s out and the labour’s done.”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806-1861
Poet