Motivational Quotes

Work

For a woman to get a rewarding sense of total creation by way of the multiple monotonous chores that are her daily lot would be as irrational as for an assembly line worker to rejoice that he had created an automobile because he tightened a bolt.

- Stern, Edith Mendel

Best Quotes about Work

No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

Jones, Beverly

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

In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.

Orwell, George

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

Butterworth, Eric

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Riley, Pat

Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left.

Ray, John

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

Baruch, Bernard M.

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By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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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

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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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Inspiration comes of working every day.

Baudelaire, Charles

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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

Kempis, Thomas

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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

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Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

William Lyon Phelps

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A man grows most tired while standing still.

Proverb, Chinese

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Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off?

Larkin, Philip

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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Plaster thick, some will stick.

Proverb

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You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

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

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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

David McCullough

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More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

Kipling, Rudyard

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

Stengel, Casey

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest. [Ecclesiastes 9:10]

Bible

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

Huxley, Aldous

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

Blow, Susan

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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Jerome, Jerome K.

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While a person gets they can never lose.

Proverb, Scottish

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Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.

Parkinson's Law

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The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

Maxine Hong Kingston

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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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Remember that your work comes only moment by moment, and as surely as God calls you to work, he gives the strength to do it.

Maurice, Priscilla

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Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas.Only individuals can do this.A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.

Green, Estill I.

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I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Conran, Shirley

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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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You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

Lisa Kudrow

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

Foster, Jodie

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Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

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

Thomas Carlyle

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I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

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No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius.

Pavlova, Anna

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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.