“Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done.”

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806 – 1861

English poet of the Victorian era, author of 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'.

“I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.”

“Every wish is like a prayer—with God.”

“Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man.”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

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“The work is what makes the result matter.”

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“The hardest work is often the work nobody sees.”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”