Motivational Quotes

Work

Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

- Frank, Anne

Best Quotes about Work

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Edison, Thomas A.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Hubbard, Elbert

Remember that your work comes only moment by moment, and as surely as God calls you to work, he gives the strength to do it.

Maurice, Priscilla

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

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

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Comaneci, Nadia

The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.

Oprah Winfrey

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original.They are rarely useful.The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

Block, A Harvey

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The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Keller, Helen

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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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Work is necessary for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Picasso, Pablo

13.

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

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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

15.

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

Thomas A. Edison

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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

17.

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

Bible

18.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Roosevelt, Theodore

19.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

20.

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.

Vaneigem, Raoul

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Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it.

Lazarus, Charles

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The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process.

Mccarthy, Mary

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Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head.

26.

More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

Kipling, Rudyard

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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

28.

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

Henry J. Kaiser

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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

30.

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Riley, Pat

31.

Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

32.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Horace

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The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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.

36.

While a person gets they can never lose.

Proverb, Scottish

37.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Baudelaire, Charles

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

Gillis, Dobie

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

Ford, Henry

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

Anatole France

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Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else.

Prince, Ray

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You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come.

Barack Obama

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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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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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

Paterno, Joe

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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

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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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If food were free, why work?

Horton, Doug