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 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word read more 
 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 
 No man is born into the world whose work
 Is not born with him: there is always work,
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 No man is born into the world whose work
 Is not born with him: there is always work,
  And tools to work withal, for those who will;
   And blessed are the horny hand of toil! 
 To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an 
opportunity to do it, is the read more 
 To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an 
opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. 
 But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and 
pen,
 We will work for ourself read more 
 But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and 
pen,
 We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen. 
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
 I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and 
ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, read more 
 I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and 
ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, but small thanks 
for my labor.