“It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.”
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Attribution note
Widely credited to Gandhi across quote sites but with no dated Young India/Harijan/CWMG citation; plausible in tone but unverifiable, so commonly attributed rather than probable.
Likely origin: No reliable primary source; carried on quote databases (one vague, undated 'Young India' mention).
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Worth gets measured by how well a thing is done, not how much of it piles up. The pull toward volume — more output, more hours, more items ticked off — often hides shoddiness. Slowing down to do one thing with real care usually leaves more behind than a rushed heap.
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- A writer ships one carefully edited essay instead of ten half-baked posts and finally gets noticed.
- A carpenter builds a single sturdy table that lasts decades rather than churning out flimsy ones each week.
- A parent spends one unhurried evening fully present with a child instead of five distracted ones.