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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Best Quotes about Work

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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

Ford, Henry

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

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

Maxine Hong Kingston

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

Parkinson's Law

I suspect that American workers have come to lack a work ethic. They do not live by the sweat of their brow.

Miyazawa, Kiichi

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

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

Oakley, Ann

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

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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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Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Monson, Thomas S.

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No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Holtz, Lou

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When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.

Whitehorn, Katharine

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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

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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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It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.

Cahill, Michael C.

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

Prince, Ray

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Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left.

Ray, John

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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

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

Pavlova, Anna

22.

Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first.

Billings, Josh

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

Lowell, James Russell

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Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

Berra, Yogi

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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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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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Work is necessary for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Picasso, Pablo

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Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.

Tessier, Josephine

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Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

Angelou, Maya

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Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

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

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Keller, Helen

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When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.

Bridge, Michael

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Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

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

Chrysosatom, St. John

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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Paterno, Joe

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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Morita, Akio

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

Butler, Samuel

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Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Frank, Anne

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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.

Jong, Erica

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

LeMond, Greg

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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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In the sweat of thy brow shall you eat your bread.

Bible

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

Ashford, Evelyn

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Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people would consider possible. Only one woman's hands to feed the baby, answer the telephone, turn off the gas under the pot that is boiling over, soothe the older child who has broken a toy, and open both doors at once. She is a nutritionist, a child psychologist, an engineer, a production manager, an expert buyer, all in one. Her husband sees her as free to plan her own time, and envies her; she sees him as having regular hours and envies him.

Mead, Margaret

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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