Motivational Quotes

Work

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

- Rutte, Martin

Best Quotes about Work

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

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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Weil, Simone

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

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

Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.

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

Foster, Jodie

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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of work, because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Warhol, Andy

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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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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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It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.

Frost, Robert

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

Book, William Frederick

17.

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

18.

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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The working-class is now issuing from its hiding-place to assert an Englishman's heaven-born privilege of doing as he likes, and is beginning to perplex us by marching where it likes, meeting where it likes, bawling what it likes, breaking what it likes.

Arnold, Matthew

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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Fromme, Dr. Allan

21.

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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There is no substitute for hard work.

Edison, Thomas A.

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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

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

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Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.

Sand, George

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Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

Halas, George

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

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The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife -- freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.

Friedan, Betty

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When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.

Bridge, Michael

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A man grows most tired while standing still.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Syrus, Publilius

35.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

Holton

36.

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

Riley, Pat

37.

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

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.

Auden, W. H.

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The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

Mortimer, John

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

Butterworth, Eric

43.

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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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Thomas Carlyle

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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 more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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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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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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Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.

Voltaire