Motivational Quotes

Work

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

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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

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.

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

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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

Bob Ross

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

Drucker, Peter F.

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Smith, Dr. Walter

Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left.

Ray, John

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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To work -- to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

Mansfield, Katherine

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A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

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In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

Marx, Karl

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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it.

Ford, Henry

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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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Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Oprah Winfrey

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

Butterworth, Eric

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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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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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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Horace

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Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

Milsap, Ronnie

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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

Riley, Pat

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a wealthy widow.

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Peter Drucker

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.

33.

While a person gets they can never lose.

Proverb, Scottish

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Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

Barrett, Colleen C.

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The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Gillman, Charlotte P.

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When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.

Oprah Winfrey

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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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Plaster thick, some will stick.

Proverb

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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Brodsky, Joseph

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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Riley, Pat

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Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

Robert Morley

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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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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At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them.

Daniel Akst

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

Bhagavad Gita

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Labor diligently to increase your property.

Horace

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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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Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.