“Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.”

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.”

“Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.”

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”

“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.”

“Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.”

“You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”

“I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.”