Motivational Quotes

Work

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

- Vauvenargues, Marquis De

Best Quotes about Work

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Keller, Helen

A job worth doing is worth doing together.

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Escher, M. C.

The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process.

Mccarthy, Mary

We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many who work without living.

Brown, Dean Charles R.

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

Prince, Ray

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

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

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

Bible

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The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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A woman's work is never done, especially the part she asks her husband to do.

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If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Lowell, James Russell

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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

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

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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Coolidge, Calvin

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Men have become the tools of their trade.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Robert Morley

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Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

Monson, Thomas S.

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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Frank, Anne

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I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes -- and six months later you have to start all over again.

Rivers, Joan

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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.

Frost, Robert

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When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.

Schembechler, Bo

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

Henry J. Kaiser

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

Parkinson's Law

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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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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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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After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

Pennebaker, Don Alan

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You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.

Randall Munroe, xkcd

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People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.

Howard Newton

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

Herold, Don

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

Huxley, Aldous

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Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Ford, Henry

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

Don Marquis

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

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Labor diligently to increase your property.

Horace

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