All work is important, no matter who gives it to you.
There is no point in doing a lengthy role if there is no importance in it.
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
Even the mundane task may have something to teach you - especially if it's a task you haven't performed before.
It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.
It's not about how much work you're doing. It's about what work you're doing and how you're doing the work.
Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.
A classic engineering mistake and one I've made is confusing what is hard and what is valuable.
What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.
It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being.
It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.
Good work is good work wherever it is.
Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.
