Motivational Quotes

Work

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest. [Ecclesiastes 9:10]

- Bible

Best Quotes about Work

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as part of the human race, he creates. If we work thus we shall be men, and our days will be happy and eventful.

Morris, William

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Anatole France

We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in --that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Mother Teresa

Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

Hal Lancaster

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

Members of groups that do not meet regularly together usually do not feel a strong sense of belonging and do not take ownership for the success of the group.

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.

Herbert, George

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Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Ford, Henry

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No bees, no honey; no work, no money.

Proverb

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Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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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It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

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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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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

Kempis, Thomas

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Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

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How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?

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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Horace

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Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

Tracy, Brian

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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

James M. Barrie

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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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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Coolidge, Calvin

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My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]

Hanks, Tom

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The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Keller, Helen

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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.

Jong, Erica

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The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

Mcgregor, Douglas Murray

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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of work, because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Warhol, Andy

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No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius.

Pavlova, Anna

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I don't like work... but I like what is in work -- the chance to find yourself. Your own reality -- for yourself, not for others -- which no other man can ever know.

Conrad, Joseph

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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.

Frost, Robert

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To work -- to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

Mansfield, Katherine

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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

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TEAM -- Together Everyone Achieves More.

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.

Yankelovitch, Daniel

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

LeMond, Greg

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Inspiration comes of working every day.

Baudelaire, Charles

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

Michelangelo

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When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.

Bridge, Michael

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

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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Morita, Akio

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Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Atkinson, Brooks

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

Baldwin, James

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I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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In the sweat of thy brow shall you eat your bread.

Bible

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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