"The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; he can only enjoy, with a good conscience, what he has acquired with toil and trouble; he refused to have anything as a gift."

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Source : Josef Pieper (2015). “Leisure: The Basis of Culture”, p.22, Ignatius Press

Josef Pieper

#Hard Work Quotes #Men Quotes #Toil Quotes

“When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.”
“Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“All that we were has led us to where we are, but tells us little of where weâ€™re going. Memories are a weight you can never shrug off.”
“The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.”
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”

Source : "Wilson vs Watson: The Blessing of Great Enemies". www.newscientist.com. September 10, 2009.
“When you're in the pits, all the faith in the world won't get you out of it. But just a little faith in God will get you through it.”
“All authority comes from the people.”

Source : Michael Davies (1992). “The Reign of Christ the King: In Both Public and Private Life”, p.9, TAN Books
“You got to be ready for everything in life”

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