Motivational Quotes

Work

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in --that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

- Mother Teresa

Best Quotes about Work

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

David Shore

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Riley, Pat

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

Herbert, George

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

James M. Barrie

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Richard Bach

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

Wilde, Oscar

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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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.

Dodge, B.

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My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]

Hanks, Tom

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TEAM -- Together Everyone Achieves More.

13.

It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.

Cahill, Michael C.

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I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.

Thatcher, Margaret

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Inspiration comes of working every day.

Baudelaire, Charles

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Escher, M. C.

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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it.

Ford, Henry

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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Hill, Napoleon

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Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

Diller, Phyllis

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

Twain, Mark

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I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

Mcgoorty, Danny

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

Ashford, Evelyn

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You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

Lisa Kudrow

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Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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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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A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations.

Valery, Paul

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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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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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Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.

Drucker, Peter F.

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

Reagan, Ronald

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Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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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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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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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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A man grows most tired while standing still.

Proverb, Chinese

43.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

Book, William Frederick

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When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

Riley, Pat

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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have.

Hayes, Woody

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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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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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I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.

Ecker, Frederick Hudson

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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.

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The work praises the man.

Proverb, Irish