Motivational Quotes

Work

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

- Sinise, Gary

Best Quotes about Work

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

Prince, Ray

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

Book, William Frederick

You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

Holton

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

Foster, Jodie

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

Mcluhan, Marshall

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

Slick, Grace

It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part

Stengel, Casey

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

Anatole France

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I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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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.

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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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To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

Davis, Bette

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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Monson, Thomas S.

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When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

Sinise, Gary

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Work is a four letter word!

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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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We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many who work without living.

Brown, Dean Charles R.

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Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head.

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Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth.

Thatcher, Margaret

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Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Johnny Carson

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When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Henry J. Kaiser

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When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as he wants to be seen, and each man as he really is.

Saintamo, Michael De

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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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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Keller, Helen

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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

29.

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

Rutte, Martin

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

Huxley, Aldous

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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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Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

Vaneigem, Raoul

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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

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

Butler, Samuel

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

Coolidge, Calvin

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Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Ford, Henry

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

Kollwitz, KaThe

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

Twain, Mark

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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Horace

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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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Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Riley, Pat

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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Comaneci, Nadia

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By the work one knows the workmen.

Jean De La Fontaine

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The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

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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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The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,

Leon, Sy