| "Work hard and fear God" -- inscription on a Scottish tunnel portal.
"You were not put on this Earth to enjoy yourself" -- common maxim used in child-rearing
Delayed gratification -- an alleged virtue
Starling: Do right and you'll live through this
Lector: Spoken like a true Protestant
Fine in principle, but often in application the enemy of good work, the enemy of Quality.
To me the Protestant Work Ethic is finding joy in work. If you make your movements deliberate and graceful the work becomes a sensual delight and proceeds faster and with higher quality. This is the real meaning of Protestant Work Ethic. -- Asim Jalis
Where in the teaching of Jesus might it have come from?
The Parable of the Talents in Matthew+25:14-30 ?
Hmm, this is us reading it too literally surely, after the event. Jesus is using work and entrepreneurial work at that, to illustrate something about the kingdom he is announcing to Israel. Not sure what we can read direct from here into our work today. Except perhaps that Jesus seems to like entrepreneurs.
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