Motivational Quotes

Work

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him:'Whose?'

- Don Marquis

Best Quotes about Work

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have.

Hayes, Woody

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

King Jr. Martin Luther

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Dorothy L. Sayers

People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.

Howard Newton

The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can work: then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.

Caddy, Eileen

Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done.

Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

10.

You have to do it by yourself, and you can't do it alone.

Rutte, Martin

11.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Gillman, Charlotte P.

12.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Austen, Jane

13.

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Weil, Simone

14.

Most people show up for work being physically accoutered but mentally disheveled.

Butterworth, Eric

15.

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

16.

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

17.

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Smith, Dr. Walter

18.

Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.

Mcevoy, J. P.

19.

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 --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.

Auden, W. H.

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The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

21.

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

22.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Allen, James

23.

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

Keller, Helen

24.

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

Lennon, John

25.

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife -- freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.

Friedan, Betty

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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.

Auden, W. H.

27.

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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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

29.

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

Michelangelo

30.

I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.

W. Somerset Maugham

31.

Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

32.

Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas.Only individuals can do this.A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.

Green, Estill I.

33.

...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.

John Ruskin

34.

Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

35.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

Book, William Frederick

36.

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

Rivers, Joan

37.

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.

38.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

39.

Work is a four letter word!

40.

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

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.

Randall Munroe, xkcd

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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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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

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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

45.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

46.

I do not like work even when someone else does it.

Twain, Mark

47.

Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

48.

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Marquis, Don

49.

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

Herold, Don

50.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Diane Ackerman