Motivational Quotes

Work

You have to do it by yourself, and you can't do it alone.

- Rutte, Martin

Best Quotes about Work

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

Roosevelt, Theodore

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Baldwin, James

I love the work; I could sit and look at it for hours.

I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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

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

A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.

Lincoln, Abraham

10.

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

11.

Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Holtz, Lou

13.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Lombardi, Vince

14.

While a person gets they can never lose.

Proverb, Scottish

15.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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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In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

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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

21.

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

22.

Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

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Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

Tracy, Brian

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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Maurois, Andre

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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Johnson, Earvin ''Magic''

26.

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

Barrett, Colleen C.

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There is no excellence without labor, in the furnace, God may try you, thus to bring thee forth more bright.

28.

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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Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else.

Prince, Ray

30.

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

Pennebaker, Don Alan

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I do not like work even when someone else does it.

Twain, Mark

34.

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Smith, Dr. Walter

35.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

Foster, Jodie

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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.

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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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

Chrysosatom, St. John

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

40.

Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.

Gibran, Kahlil

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In an earthquake, the most dangerous place to be is in a tall building that is not flexible. Yet, one of the safest places is a tall building that has been stressed for earthquakes -- - in other words, one that has a deep foundation and is flexible. So, too, over the coming years, large organizations that remain rigid will crumble and fall, while those that succeed in adding flexibility, teamwork and creativity to their cultures will thrive.

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The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others.

Reich, Robert B.

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Industrial man --a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.

Huxley, Aldous

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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.

Robert Benchley

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Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.

Hubbard, L. Ron

46.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

Holton

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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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You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

49.

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

Mitchell, Warren

50.

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

Chaucer, Geoffrey