Motivational Quotes

Work

The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can work: then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.

- Caddy, Eileen

Best Quotes about Work

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

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

Maurois, Andre

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

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

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

You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

Work is a refuge of people who have nothing better to do.

Wilde, Oscar

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

Proverb, American

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

14.

Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

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

Twain, Mark

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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

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Aristotle

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No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

Slick, Grace

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

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If it's true that men today value their lives outside of work as much as women do--and research proves it is--then they have to join women's fight to reconstruct the way we work and create a new, broader definition of success.

Mckenna, Elizabeth Perle

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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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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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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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Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left.

Ray, John

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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Horace

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

Proverb

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

Kollwitz, KaThe

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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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As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old work ethic is dead.

Morrow, Lance

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Pennebaker, Don Alan

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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Riley, Pat

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

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Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.

Charette, Fred

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If food were free, why work?

Horton, Doug

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

Milsap, Ronnie

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.

Whitehorn, Katharine

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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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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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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

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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Johnson, Earvin ''Magic''

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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Holtz, Lou

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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.