Motivational Quotes

Work

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

Best Quotes about Work

No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius.

Pavlova, Anna

Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Vaneigem, Raoul

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Gillman, Charlotte P.

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

Comaneci, Nadia

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

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

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

Bhagavad Gita

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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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Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

Tracy, Brian

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I don't like work... but I like what is in work -- the chance to find yourself. Your own reality -- for yourself, not for others -- which no other man can ever know.

Conrad, Joseph

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

Mcgregor, Douglas Murray

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Work your way up or rust your way out.

Holton

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A man grows most tired while standing still.

Proverb, Chinese

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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Peter Drucker

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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.

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When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Henry J. Kaiser

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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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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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You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come.

Barack Obama

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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.

Yankelovitch, Daniel

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

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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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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

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To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

Davis, Bette

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Twain, Mark

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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

Twain, Mark

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Ruth, Babe

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Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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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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Everybody loves some fun, back-breaking manual labor!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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

Lennon, John

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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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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

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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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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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Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.

Voltaire

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My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Blessed is that man who has found his work.