Motivational Quotes

Work

A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Work

Members of groups that do not meet regularly together usually do not feel a strong sense of belonging and do not take ownership for the success of the group.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Coolidge, Calvin

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

Edison, Thomas A.

By the work one knows the workmen.

Jean De La Fontaine

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

LeMond, Greg

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

Anatole France

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

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

Voltaire

11.

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

Austen, Jane

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

Huxley, Aldous

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

Herbert, George

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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.

Bob Ross

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

Mcluhan, Marshall

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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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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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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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A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork.

Frost, Robert

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Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

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

22.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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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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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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I think any player will tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego, but if you don't win, it makes for a very, very long season. It counts more that the team has played well.

Robinson, David

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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 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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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Carnegie, Andrew

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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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Most people show up for work being physically accoutered but mentally disheveled.

Butterworth, Eric

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You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.

Lawrence, D. H.

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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

Cohen, Leonard

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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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I never worked a day in my life. It's not work when you love what you're doing.

Shakarian, David

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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

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Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Butler, Samuel

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

Pickens, T. Boone

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The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

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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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If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

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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

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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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Everybody loves some fun, back-breaking manual labor!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

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

Diller, Phyllis