Samuel Johnson Work Quotations

Nothing is to be expected from the workman whose tools are for ever to be sought

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.