Motivational Quotes

Work

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

- Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Best Quotes about Work

In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

Marx, Karl

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

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

Austen, Jane

What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.

Bhagavad Gita

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.

Gillis, Dobie

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

Maxine Hong Kingston

In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

Mitchell, Warren

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

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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A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork.

Frost, Robert

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A woman's work is never done, especially the part she asks her husband to do.

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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.

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

Larry Page

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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

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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

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My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

Riley, Pat

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It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

Johnson, Samuel

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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

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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Riley, Pat

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The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.

Proverb, American

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Men have become the tools of their trade.

Thoreau, Henry David

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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Riley, Pat

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Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb

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I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Butterworth, Eric

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Plaster thick, some will stick.

Proverb

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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Paterno, Joe

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Waitley, Denis

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Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.

Chrysosatom, St. John

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Henry David Thoreau

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A man grows most tired while standing still.

Proverb, Chinese

35.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Hepburn, Katharine

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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Jerome, Jerome K.

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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part

Stengel, Casey

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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.

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Hill, Napoleon

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The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Salk, Dr. Jonas

43.

When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Riley, Pat

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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Thomas Carlyle

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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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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.

Parkinson's Law

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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

Lombardi, Vince