Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s,...

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Who so loves believes the impossible.

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

—Elbert Hubbard

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

—Edgar Bergen

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

—Diane Ackerman

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

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