Motivational Quotes

Work

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

- Forbes, B. C.

Best Quotes about Work

Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Frank, Anne

Every job has drudgery, whether it is in the home, in the school, or in the office. The first secret of happiness is the recognition of this fundamental fact.

Mcintosh, M. C.

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

Pennebaker, Don Alan

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

William Lyon Phelps

We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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

Bible

When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.

The person with the best job in the country is the vice president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, How is the president?

Rogers, Will

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

Rutte, Martin

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

Hal Lancaster

11.

How do I work? I grope.

Einstein, Albert

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

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

Paterno, Joe

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

Book, William Frederick

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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

Diller, Phyllis

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Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

Jones, Beverly

19.

Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

Keller, Helen

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Inspiration comes of working every day.

Baudelaire, Charles

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Ruth, Babe

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I must work the work of him that sent me while it is day; for the night comet when no man can work.

Bible

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

Rohn, Jim

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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Butler, Samuel

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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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Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Monson, Thomas S.

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You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

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

Gillis, Dobie

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

Smith, Dr. Walter

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

Maxine Hong Kingston

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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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Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

Ashford, Evelyn

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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.

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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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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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The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Henry J. Kaiser

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

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

Atkinson, Brooks

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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.

Dodge, B.

48.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Carnegie, Andrew

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

Lombardi, Vince