Motivational Quotes

Work

The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic --in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea --known to medical science is work.

- Szasz, Thomas

Best Quotes about Work

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

John Ruskin

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

Larry Page

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

Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.

Grotowski, Jerzy

What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.

Bhagavad Gita

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

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

Ashford, Evelyn

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

Lombardi, Vince

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While a person gets they can never lose.

Proverb, Scottish

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The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

Carty, Margaret

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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Marquis, Don

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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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Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

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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.

Benchley, Robert

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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

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Ruth, Babe

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

Henry J. Kaiser

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

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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 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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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.

Bob Ross

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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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...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.

John Ruskin

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I never worked a day in my life. It's not work when you love what you're doing.

Shakarian, David

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

Herbert, George

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I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

Hughes, Charles Evans

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The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original.They are rarely useful.The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

Block, A Harvey

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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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Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

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Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Monson, Thomas S.

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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

40.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Henri-FrÚdÚric Amiel

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I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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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That's what being in the working class is all about -- how to get out of it.

Wran, Neville Kenneth

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If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.

Hubbs, George C.

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The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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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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I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.

Ecker, Frederick Hudson

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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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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

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There is no substitute for hard work.

Edison, Thomas A.