Motivational Quotes

Work

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

Best Quotes about Work

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

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

Hal Lancaster

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

Keller, Helen

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

Ruskin, John

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

Work is nothing but the slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great images in whose presence [His Or Her] heart first opened.

Camus, Albert

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

Vaneigem, Raoul

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase It is the busiest man who has time to spare.

Parkinson, C. Northcote

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Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.

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I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Landry, Tom

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

Oprah Winfrey

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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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It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Reagan, Ronald

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Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

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What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

Barzan, Gerald

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest. [Ecclesiastes 9:10]

Bible

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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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You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

Crandall, Robert

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At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Syrus, Publilius

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

David McCullough

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Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

Lombardi, Vince

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

Sinise, Gary

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Labor diligently to increase your property.

Horace

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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.

Bob Ross

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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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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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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Twain, Mark

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Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.

Twain, Mark

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The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Keller, Helen

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

Butler, Samuel

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Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Frank, Anne

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

Rutte, Martin

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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.

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

Prince, Ray

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The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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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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In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. In other cases, to get the best work out of people you may have to pretend you are not their boss and let them treat someone else like the boss, and then that whispers to you behind a fake wall and you tell them what to tell the first person. Contrary to what I believed as a little girl, being the boss almost never involves marching around, waving your arms, and chanting, " I am the boss! I am the boss!"

Tina Fey

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Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

Milsap, Ronnie

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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