Edwin Markham Quotes

Study and work and work and study will keep in active exercise both the physical and mental. These two, rightly conducted, will not war against each other.

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a 'work' of man.

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.

They that do the world's work must do its thinking.

When we go out there, we have fun, but we get to work, and I think we're at our best when we're having fun. Having fun is key.

Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs.

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

I see what keeps people young: work!

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.

I know kids who say they have nothing to do and then go plop themselves down in front of the television to watch a movie or play Nintendo or Xbox. I think there is nothing better for killing creativity and imagination.

It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout.

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact.

I don't know what else teaches you as much as writing. Perhaps reading. So if I don't have one or the other in the course of the day, I feel old.

Have passion, yes, but acknowledge that side projects are still work. They shake things up, just like switching up your workout helps you stay one step ahead of your torpid metabolism. They scramble the synapses.

Anytime I think about my office, I think about creativity.

My work ethic is crazy. I'm a producer, an artist, and a video director.

I often spend the majority of my time thinking and writing down notes.

In a way, I'm overly ambitious, selfish in a way. I think because I am so active, I think that's what keeps my brain going and I can bounce things off of each other.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.

Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the world we live in. Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!