Other related topics at: Careers Virtue and Vice 521. Career Choices; Pride in Work "Every man, from the highest to the lowest station, ought to warm his heart and animate his endeavours with the hopes of being useful to the world, by advancing the art which it is his lot to exercise; and for that end he must necessarily consider the whole extent of its application, and the whole weight of its importance." Johnson: Rambler #9 (April 17, 1750) Link 1,018. Identification; Praise; Pride In Work "Every man loves merit of the same kind with his own, when it is not likely to hinder his advancement or his reputation; for he not only best understands the worth of those qualities which he labours to cultivate, or the usefulness of the art which he practises with success, but always feels a reflected pleasure from the praises which, though given to another, belong equally to himself." Johnson: Rambler #99 (February 26, 1751) Link 1,390. Pride In Work "He who does his best, however little, is always to be distinguished from him who does nothing." Johnson: Rambler #177 (November 26, 1751) Link