Motivational Quotes

Work

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

- Larry Page

Best Quotes about Work

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Maurois, Andre

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours --all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.

Faulkner, William

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it.

Ford, Henry

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

Johnson, James Weldon

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

Reagan, Ronald

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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 believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

12.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

13.

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Marquis, Don

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It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.

Sam Ewing

15.

No bees, no honey; no work, no money.

Proverb

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If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Garfield, James A.

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Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

18.

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

19.

Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.

Sand, George

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When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as he wants to be seen, and each man as he really is.

Saintamo, Michael De

21.

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

Keller, Helen

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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in --that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Mother Teresa

25.

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

Lennon, John

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

28.

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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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.

30.

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

Bible

31.

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

32.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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How do I work? I grope.

Einstein, Albert

35.

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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Love conquers all, but if love doesn't do it, try hard work

37.

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.

38.

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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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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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

41.

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

Milsap, Ronnie

42.

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

Kollwitz, KaThe

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TEAM -- Together Everyone Achieves More.

46.

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

Thomas A. Edison

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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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Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

49.

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.

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When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.

Schembechler, Bo