Motivational Quotes

Work

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

- Anatole France

Best Quotes about Work

Industrial man --a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.

Huxley, Aldous

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

You don't grow up in our neck of the woods believing that someone can outwork you.

Parkinson, Joseph

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

Elbert Hubbard

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

Hughes, Charles Evans

If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.

Hubbs, George C.

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

Maxine Hong Kingston

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Keller, Helen

People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Fromme, Dr. Allan

10.

Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

11.

You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

12.

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

13.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Landers, Ann

14.

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Riley, Pat

15.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

Rohn, Jim

16.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

17.

Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

Angelou, Maya

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Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow -- security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.

O'Casey, Sean

19.

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

Davis, Bette

20.

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

Halas, George

21.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Conran, Shirley

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If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

Wilkinson, Bud

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Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

David Shore

24.

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Baldwin, James

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You've got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you've found it.

Steve Jobs

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The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

LeMond, Greg

28.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Lowell, James Russell

29.

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes -- and six months later you have to start all over again.

Rivers, Joan

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There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

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Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.

Galbraith, John Kenneth

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Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.

33.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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In an earthquake, the most dangerous place to be is in a tall building that is not flexible. Yet, one of the safest places is a tall building that has been stressed for earthquakes -- - in other words, one that has a deep foundation and is flexible. So, too, over the coming years, large organizations that remain rigid will crumble and fall, while those that succeed in adding flexibility, teamwork and creativity to their cultures will thrive.

35.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Keller, Helen

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White man builds big fire, stands back. Indian builds little fire, huddles close

37.

A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.

Devine, Dan

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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

John Ruskin

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Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Herold, Don

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Work is the province of cattle.

Parker, Dorothy

41.

The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

42.

Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!

Beecher, Henry Ward

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A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.

W. Somerset Maugham

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It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

Lombardi, Vince

46.

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

Pennebaker, Don Alan

47.

There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Kemp, Jack

48.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Robert Benchley

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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

Anatole France

50.

The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic --in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea --known to medical science is work.

Szasz, Thomas