Motivational Quotes

Work

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

- Roosevelt, Eleanor

Best Quotes about Work

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Baldwin, James

Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.

Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.

Mcevoy, J. P.

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

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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

11.

TEAM -- Together Everyone Achieves More.

12.

If food were free, why work?

Horton, Doug

13.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him:'Whose?'

Don Marquis

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

Wilde, Oscar

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Waitley, Denis

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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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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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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

Gretzky, Wayne

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The time spent in trying to impress others could be spent in doing the things by which others would be impressed.

Romer, Frank

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Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

Hal Lancaster

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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

Twain, Mark

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

Bible

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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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Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

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

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Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people would consider possible. Only one woman's hands to feed the baby, answer the telephone, turn off the gas under the pot that is boiling over, soothe the older child who has broken a toy, and open both doors at once. She is a nutritionist, a child psychologist, an engineer, a production manager, an expert buyer, all in one. Her husband sees her as free to plan her own time, and envies her; she sees him as having regular hours and envies him.

Mead, Margaret

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.

Ogilvy, David

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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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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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Mitchell, Warren

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Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

Lombardi, Vince

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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 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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Work is the province of cattle.

Parker, Dorothy

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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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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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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