Motivational Quotes

Work

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

Best Quotes about Work

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

Richard Bach

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

The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others.

Reich, Robert B.

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

Kipling, Rudyard

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

Fox, Jim

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.

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Syrus, Publilius

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Riley, Pat

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

Barzan, Gerald

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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.

Frost, Robert

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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Butler, Samuel

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

Anatole France

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Henry David Thoreau

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Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas.Only individuals can do this.A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.

Green, Estill I.

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

Lennon, John

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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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The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

Drucker, Peter F.

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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

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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

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

Pavlova, Anna

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You don't grow up in our neck of the woods believing that someone can outwork you.

Parkinson, Joseph

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

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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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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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Austen, Jane

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Labor diligently to increase your property.

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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Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.

Voltaire

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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Thomas Carlyle

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

Vaneigem, Raoul

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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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The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

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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.

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By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

Rohn, Jim

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No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Holtz, Lou

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When work is a pleasure, life is joy.! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

Gorky, Maxim

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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

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

Berra, Yogi

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There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

LeMond, Greg

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

James M. Barrie

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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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The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.

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Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head.

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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an ethic.

Ehrenreich, Barbara

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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Oprah Winfrey