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Vaclav Havel Quotes

Vaclav Havel quotes about work

Czechoslovakian Leader October 5, 1936 – December 18, 2011

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Vaclav Havel quote: "Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well...."
Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well. Hope is just a feeling that life and work have a meaning. Vaclav Havel
Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you. Vaclav Havel
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. Vaclav Havel
You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society. Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel quote: "Work for something because it is good, not just because it..."
Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Vaclav Havel
But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region. Vaclav Havel

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