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Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings.
— Albert Schweitzer
I am not crazy about bags or watches. For me, anywhere I go for a holiday or for work, the first thing that I go and buy are shoes.
— Jennifer Winget
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
— Samuel Johnson
The reality is that every human being is placed on this planet, and one of the things that drives humans is their need for meaning, and if you can make every job meaningful, then you will guarantee that every job will be done to its highest level of excellence.
— Erwin McManus
I believe that my work extending health care to women through Planned Parenthood is something that most people will respect and do respect.
— Tina Smith
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
— Andrew Jackson
Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.
— Maria Edgeworth
I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.
— Linford Christie
My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.
— Diane von Furstenberg
A lot of people don't enjoy their jobs, and it's one of the main things we like to complain about.
— Joyce Meyer
It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.
— J. J. Watt
When I'm home, my friends are all coming home from work, their lives are a little more concrete.
— Scott Moir