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Good works are only valuable as a means of escape; they do good to the doer, never to any other Swami Vivekananda He works best who works without any motive- neither for money nor for fame, nor for anything else Swami Vivekananda Work incessantly, but do not bind yourselves Swami Vivekananda Work like a master and not as a slave. Work incessantly, but do not do a slave's work Swami Vivekananda Selfish work is slaves work Swami Vivekananda If thy aim be great and thy means small, still act; for by action alone these can increase to that Aurobindo Since it is impossible to escape the result of our deeds let us practise good works Buddha No deed is well done that is followed by regret, whose consequences are attended by tears and weeping Buddha The deed is well done that is not followed by regret, whose consequences are attended by joy and happiness Buddha Everybody must work, but what matters is how much to work , in what way one should work Swamy Chinmayananda The beauty of action that you are doing becomes more and more when the ideal on which we are working is noble and great Swamy Chinmayananda Dear to the Deity (Indra) is he who performs good acts The Vedas Strenuous work adds zest to the pursuit of life and makes rest and recreation more enjoyable Zarathushtra May we obtain wealth by our own exertions The Vedas Man is born to work and prosper, not to rest and rust Zarasthushtra Nothing good and noble can be achieved in this world without honest labour and hard work Zarasthushtra You are the master of your fate, by hard and honest work Zarasthushtra Work while there is yet day, for the night of life may overtake you at any moment all unawares Zarasthushtra Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task; if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty Swami Vivekananda It is the effort which gives joy; a human being who does not know how to make an effort will never find joy The Mother(Mirra) It is only effort, in whatever domain it may be - material effort, moral effort, intellectual effort - which creates in the human being certain vibrations which enables you to get connected with universal vibrations; and it is this which gives joy The Mother(Mirra) When you leave your work for the day, forget it;do not pick it up mentally and carry it home with you Yogi Yogananda Talk as little as possible Work as much as you can The Mother To do the work that one does with all sincerety, as perfectly as on can, is certainly one of the best ways to serve the Divine The Mother For the work steadiness and regularity as necessary as skill. Whatever you do, do it always carefully The Mother It is better to do well than to do quickly The Mother There must be order and harmony in work. Even what is apparently the most insignificant thing must be done with perfect perfection, with a sense of cleanliness, beauty, harmony and order The Mother I make no difference between work and yoga.Work itself is yoga if it is done in a spirit of dedication and surrender The Mother To work for the Divine is to pray with your body The Mother The work done throught love and bacause of love is surely the most powerful The Mother |