All Quotes
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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.Pearl Buck, The Joy of Children, 1964
We only do well the things we like doing.Colette, Prisons and Paradise, 1932
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.Colette, in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.Colette, The Pure and the Impure, 1932
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life, 1978
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.Colette, Chance Acquaintances, 1952
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.Colette, Paris From My Window, 1944