Motivational Quotes

Work

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

Best Quotes about Work

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

Bette Davis

Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off?

Larkin, Philip

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

Anatole France

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

Lennon, John

The object of living is work, experience, and happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Ford, Henry

Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.

Mcluhan, Marshall

The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

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Work your way up or rust your way out.

Holton

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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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

Twain, Mark

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It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part

Stengel, Casey

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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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When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.

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Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Lowell, James Russell

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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

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Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Landers, Ann

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Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

Huxley, Aldous

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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him:'Whose?'

Don Marquis

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The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work.

Shaw, George Bernard

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No one man is superior to the game.

Giamatti, A. Bartlett

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

Hal Lancaster

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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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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

James M. Barrie

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The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,

Leon, Sy

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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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Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.

Drucker, Peter F.

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Baldwin, James

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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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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

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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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Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb

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Light is the task where many share the toil.

Homer

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A job worth doing is worth doing together.

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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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

Prince, Ray

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The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Wilfred A. Peterson

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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

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We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Horace

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

Pickens, T. Boone

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A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

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Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

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When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Riley, Pat