“Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.”
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“Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.”
“A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.”
“Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.”
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
“Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.”
“More brands are waking up to their social responsibility and doing good work through cause marketing campaigns. Yet too many still go about it the wrong way. I mean 'wrong' in two senses. Firstly, they are marketing ineffectively, and secondly, as a consequence their positive social impact is not maximized.”
“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.”
“Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.”
“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.”
“Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!”
“There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.”
“It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.”
“The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there's no ethical progress whatsoever.”
“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.”
“The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.”
“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.”
“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”
“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
“People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”
“What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.”
“I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.”
“Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.”