Motivational Quotes

Work

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as part of the human race, he creates. If we work thus we shall be men, and our days will be happy and eventful.

- Morris, William

Best Quotes about Work

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.

Herbert, George

Work is the province of cattle.

Parker, Dorothy

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

Wran, Neville Kenneth

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

Drucker, Peter F.

A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife -- freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.

Friedan, Betty

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

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

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

Larry Page

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Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Johnny Carson

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

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

Barrett, Colleen C.

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Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

14.

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

Kollwitz, KaThe

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

Riley, Pat

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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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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

Mitchell, Warren

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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.

Osler, Sir William

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Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

Elbert Hubbard

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The person with the best job in the country is the vice president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, How is the president?

Rogers, Will

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A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

Book, William Frederick

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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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Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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

Bible

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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours --all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.

Faulkner, William

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

29.

Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.

Sand, George

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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Horace

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

Syrus, Publilius

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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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Every job has drudgery, whether it is in the home, in the school, or in the office. The first secret of happiness is the recognition of this fundamental fact.

Mcintosh, M. C.

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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

Nash, Ogden

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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

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a wealthy widow.

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The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

Carty, Margaret

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Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.

Chrysosatom, St. John

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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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Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

42.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Reagan, Ronald

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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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

Holtz, Lou

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For a woman to get a rewarding sense of total creation by way of the multiple monotonous chores that are her daily lot would be as irrational as for an assembly line worker to rejoice that he had created an automobile because he tightened a bolt.

Stern, Edith Mendel

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Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.