Work

"Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence."

"Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love."

"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it."

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding."

"Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge"

"Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity."

"Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty."

"Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance."

"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."