Motivational Quotes

Work

Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

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

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

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

Riley, Pat

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

Burns, Mamie Sypert

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Aristotle

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

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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The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Wilfred A. Peterson

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I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

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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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Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Allen, James

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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 --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.

Auden, W. H.

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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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?

Marquis, Don

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

Slick, Grace

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Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

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

Halas, George

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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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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase It is the busiest man who has time to spare.

Parkinson, C. Northcote

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Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Herold, Don

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Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

Hal Lancaster

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

Maurois, Andre

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Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.

Charette, Fred

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The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.

Vaneigem, Raoul

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If it's true that men today value their lives outside of work as much as women do--and research proves it is--then they have to join women's fight to reconstruct the way we work and create a new, broader definition of success.

Mckenna, Elizabeth Perle

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My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]

Hanks, Tom

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I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

Mcgoorty, Danny

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.

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Light is the task where many share the toil.

Homer

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Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Lowell, James Russell

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Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

Chrysosatom, St. John

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

Parkinson's Law

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A job worth doing is worth doing together.

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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 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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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Riley, Pat

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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an ethic.

Ehrenreich, Barbara

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The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

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

Mitchell, Warren

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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