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“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman" has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be bu...”
“Bodily agitation, then, is an enemy to the spirit. And by agitation I do not necessarily mean exercise or movement. There is all the difference in the world between agitation and work.Work occupies...”
“Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.”
“Believe that you are the best at what you do. And work hard on your abilities, to make it true.”
“Angels do not toil, but let their good works grow out of them.”
“Is a PLONGEUR'S work really necessary to civilization? We have a feeling that it must be 'honest' work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work. We see...”
“You just go around getting hung up on all the least convenient things--and if the only obstacle in your way is a little extra work, then that's the wonderful gift right there.”
“Anti-sabbatical: A job taken with the sole intention of staying only for a limited period of time (often one year). The intention is usually to raise enough funds to partake in another, more person...”
“I faced the "dead lion" courageously but will definitely run if I meet a roaring one...”
“What did you work at? Colum asked, shifting a bit on the bench to look more directly at me.I was in service, I said quietly, more quietly than I intended. I wondered if maybe the answer had gotten ...”
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. ”
“..it's not how much you work, but how working so much makes you feel that counts. And how I felt was iserable.”
“I hate when people say something is not their job or that something isn't possible. We all say these things, sure, but some people actually believe they don't have to work beyond what is written in...”
“You don't pray for the growth and success of the organization you work for, but you pray God favours you before your boss.Really?”
“There's something about physical labour that helps to chase away any lingering internal demons.”
“You work very slowly. In fact, if you went any slower you'd be in reverse.”
“African American women actively contested white constructions of black female labor.”
“Think of a typical full-time worker, who's in the office from nine to five daily, but takes thirty minutes for lunch, leaves an hour early on Friday, and comes in an hour late on Tuesday due to a d...”
“Remember your created limits. So much of workaholism is a defiance of the physical limitations that God our creator has imposed upon us.”
“Manage the inn, Jane, save it. Have a mission in life. Discover that work worth doing is about more than profit and toil. It's about using the gifts and ability you've been given to serve your fell...”
