Motivational Quotes

Work

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

- Oakley, Ann

Best Quotes about Work

That's what being in the working class is all about -- how to get out of it.

Wran, Neville Kenneth

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

Anatole France

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

Kollwitz, KaThe

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Brodsky, Joseph

Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

Kempis, Thomas

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

Beecher, Henry Ward

A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities; and with the man himself first ceases to be a jungle, and foul unwholesome desert thereby. The man is now a man.

Carlyle, Thomas

10.

The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.

Proverb, American

11.

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

Berra, Yogi

12.

Everybody loves some fun, back-breaking manual labor!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

13.

Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.

Parkinson's Law

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The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

Mortimer, John

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What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.

Bhagavad Gita

16.

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

Weil, Simone

17.

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

18.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Maharaj, Nisaragada Ha

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...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.

John Ruskin

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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.

Pickens, T. Boone

21.

Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

22.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Landers, Ann

23.

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

Lombardi, Vince

24.

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

Comaneci, Nadia

25.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Riley, Pat

26.

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

27.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

Maurois, Andre

30.

To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do.

Blow, Susan

31.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

Cohen, Leonard

33.

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

Confucius

34.

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.

35.

How do I work? I grope.

Einstein, Albert

36.

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

37.

I think any player will tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego, but if you don't win, it makes for a very, very long season. It counts more that the team has played well.

Robinson, David

38.

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

Ashford, Evelyn

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My father always told me, Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.

Fox, Jim

40.

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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Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Benchley, Robert

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You've got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you've found it.

Steve Jobs

43.

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

Larry Page

44.

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

45.

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

Jones, Beverly

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

Brown, Dean Charles R.

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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.

48.

There is no excellence without labor, in the furnace, God may try you, thus to bring thee forth more bright.

49.

The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb