Man matures through work. Which inspires him to difficult good.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Work helps people mature by inspiring them to pursue difficult good. It builds character through effort.
- In plain terms
- Working makes you mature by pushing you to do hard but good things.
- What can you take from it?
- Use work to build character and maturity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your work contribute to your growth?
- Is difficult work always necessary for maturity?
Another view
Not all work leads to maturity; some jobs can be exploitative or meaningless.
More from John Paul II (Pope)
I declare and ordain, by virtue of my apostolic authority, that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women to the sacred orders and that this judgm…
Permalink to quote #62 Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons.
Permalink to quote #64 You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide f…
Permalink to quote #61
Related quotes
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
NovalisNovalis quote #5 Not to the curious or impatient soul That in the start, demands the end be shown, And at each step, stops waiting for a sign; But to the tireless toiler toward…
Ella Wheeler WilcoxElla Wheeler Wilcox quote #17 He saw that all the struggles of life were incessant, laborious, painful, that nothing was done quickly, without labor, that it had to undergo a thousand fondl…
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac quote #22