Motivational Quotes

Work

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

- Roosevelt, Theodore

Best Quotes about Work

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

LeMond, Greg

Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb

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

Riley, Pat

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

Work is nothing but the slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great images in whose presence [His Or Her] heart first opened.

Camus, Albert

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.

Schembechler, Bo

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

Herbert, George

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

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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A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.

Devine, Dan

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Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

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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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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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Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

Sir William Osler

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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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Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done.

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Work is a four letter word!

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Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.

Twain, Mark

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

David Shore

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To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do.

Blow, Susan

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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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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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Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

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If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Garfield, James A.

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

James M. Barrie

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

Mcevoy, J. P.

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After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

Pennebaker, Don Alan

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

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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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It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Aristotle

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I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes -- and six months later you have to start all over again.

Rivers, Joan

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

Baldwin, James

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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Morita, Akio

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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

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A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Riley, Pat

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The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.

Proverb, American

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Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

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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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Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.

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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Poor workers! First they're cuckolded, and, as if that weren't enough, then they're beaten! Work's a curse, Saturno. I say to hell with the work you have to do to earn a living! That kind of work does us no honor; all it does is fill up the bellies of the pigs who exploit us. But the work you do because you like to do it, because you've heard the call, you've got a vocation --that's ennobling! We should all be able to work like that. Look at me, Saturno --I don't work. And I don't care if they hang me, I won't work! Yet I'm alive! I may live badly, but at least I don't have to work to do it!

Bunuel, Luis

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

Don Marquis

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

Book, William Frederick

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

Parkinson, Joseph