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Mother Teresa It is not how much you do, It is not how much you do, but how much love you put but how much love you put into the doing that into the doing that matters. matters.

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Mother Teresa

It is not how much you do,It is not how much you do,but how much love you put into but how much love you put into

the doing that matters.the doing that matters.

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Henry David Thoreau

It is not enough to be busy; so are It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are the ants. The question is: What are

we busy about?we busy about?

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George MacDonald

It is our best work that God wants, It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion.not the dregs of our exhaustion.I think He must prefer quality to I think He must prefer quality to

quantity.quantity.

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Pearl S. Buck

Purposeless activity may be a Purposeless activity may be a phase of death.phase of death.

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Charles Kingsley

Thank God every morning when you get Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a of will, cheerfulness and content, and a

hundred virtues which the idle never hundred virtues which the idle never know.know.

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Tom Brokaw

It’s easy to make a buck. It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon often worked 18 hours a Spurgeon often worked 18 hours a day. Famous explorer and day. Famous explorer and

missionary David Livingstone once missionary David Livingstone once asked him, "How do you manage to asked him, "How do you manage to do two men's work in a single day?" do two men's work in a single day?"

Spurgeon replied, "You have Spurgeon replied, "You have forgotten that there are two of us."forgotten that there are two of us."

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Watchman Nee

To have God do His own work To have God do His own work through us, even once, is better through us, even once, is better

than a lifetime of human striving.than a lifetime of human striving.

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Work is not primarily a thing one Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one does to live, but the thing one

lives to do. It is, or should be, the lives to do. It is, or should be, the full expression of the worker's full expression of the worker's faculties, the thing in which he faculties, the thing in which he

finds spiritual, mental, and bodily finds spiritual, mental, and bodily satisfaction, and the medium in satisfaction, and the medium in which he offers himself to God.which he offers himself to God.

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S. Truett Cathy

If you wish to enrich days, If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; plant flowers;

if you wish to enrich years, if you wish to enrich years, plant trees; plant trees;

if you wish to enrich Eternity, if you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.plant ideals in the lives of others.

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Vincent van Gogh

Job profession is not what brings Job profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck; your home your weekly paycheck; your

profession is what you're put here on profession is what you're put here on earth to do - with such passion and earth to do - with such passion and such intensity it becomes a spiritual such intensity it becomes a spiritual

calling.calling.

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“What do people really get for all

their hard work?”

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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“The fool won't work and he almost

starves. But he feels it's better to be lazy and barely get by than work

hard….”

Ecclesiastes 4:5-6

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“… He is always working, never

satisfied with the wealth he has. For

whom is he working so hard and denying

himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—

and a miserable way to live.”

Ecclesiastes 4:8

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1. WORK ISGOD’S IDEA

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“God blessed them and said to them,

‘Be fruitful and increase in number;

fill the earth and subdue it.’ ”

Genesis 1:28

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“But Jesus said to them, ‘My Father

never stops working, and so I

keep working, too.’ ”

John 5:17

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2. WORK SUPPLIES MY

NEEDS

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“We were not idle when we were with

you ... On the contrary, we worked

night and day, laboring and toiling

so that we would not be a burden to

any of you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:7-8

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“If a man will not work, he should not

eat!”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

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“If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and

especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith, and is worse

than an unbeliever.”

1 Timothy 5:8

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3. WORK DEVELOPS MYCHARACTER

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“Whoever can be trusted with very

little can be trusted with much ... If you

have not been trustworthy in

handling worldly wealth, who will

trust you with true riches ...”

Luke 16:10-12

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“… And if you have not been

trustworthy with someone else's

property, who will give you property of

your own.”

Luke 16:10-12

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4. WORK ALLOWS ME TO BE

GENEROUS

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“… (We) must work, doing something

useful with our own hands, so that we

may have something to share with those in need.”

Ephesians 4:28

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5. WORK IS AN EXAMPLE TO

OTHERS

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“Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to

mind your own business, and earn your own living ... In

this way you will win the respect of those who are not

believers.”

1 Thessalonians 4:11

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6. WORK GIVES ME

SELF-RESPECT

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“Do you see a man who excels in his

work? He will stand before kings; He will

not stand before unknown men.”

Proverbs 22:29

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