"Work is not man’s punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure." ― George Sand Topic(s): Strength More From George Sand "Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument." "Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." "Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven." More In Strength "We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure."― Cesar Chavez "Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don’t really have that strength inside to fly."― Andrew Shue "Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me."― Alain Badiou