"It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you."

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"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Work, First

"Work indeed has many more benefits than money."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Work, Value, Benefits, Purpose

"Do the good work, with the resources you have."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Work, Good, Resources, Life

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'"

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Work, Leader, People, Will

"Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work."

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Work, Change, Father, Baby

"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Work, Butler, Writer, Mind

"Be a worthy worker and work will come."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Work, Worth, Effort, Success

"We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Work, Improvement, Compassion, Awareness

"To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Work, Happiness, Power, Truth, Life

"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

"Work indeed has many more benefits than money."

"Do the good work, with the resources you have."

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'"

"Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work."

"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

"Be a worthy worker and work will come."

"We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity."

"To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight."

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"Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey."

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"It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you."