Motivational Quotes

Work

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

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Best Quotes about Work

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

Robert Morley

We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many who work without living.

Brown, Dean Charles R.

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

Weil, Simone

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

Larry Page

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

Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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

Thomas A. Edison

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

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.

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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

David McCullough

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Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

Don Marquis

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Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.

Grotowski, Jerzy

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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Lennon, John

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

Austen, Jane

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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Lombardi, Vince

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I suspect that American workers have come to lack a work ethic. They do not live by the sweat of their brow.

Miyazawa, Kiichi

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

Coolidge, Calvin

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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

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

Mcevoy, J. P.

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

Allen, James

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TEAM -- Together Everyone Achieves More.

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Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

Berra, Yogi

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

Fromme, Dr. Allan

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Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Landers, Ann

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When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Henry J. Kaiser

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I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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

Lowell, James Russell

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

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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Johnson, Earvin ''Magic''

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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Thoreau, Henry David

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In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.

Orwell, George

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Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.

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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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As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old work ethic is dead.

Morrow, Lance

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

Butterworth, Eric

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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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.