Motivational Quotes

Work

I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of work, because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

- Warhol, Andy

Best Quotes about Work

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

Oakley, Ann

The time spent in trying to impress others could be spent in doing the things by which others would be impressed.

Romer, Frank

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

If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.

Newton, Sir Isaac

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

Riley, Pat

No one man is superior to the game.

Giamatti, A. Bartlett

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Riley, Pat

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Holtz, Lou

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

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Work is a refuge of people who have nothing better to do.

Wilde, Oscar

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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.

Dodge, B.

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A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.

Proverb

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

Huxley, Aldous

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I believe that good things come to those who work.

Chamberlain, Wilt

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Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb

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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

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You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

Crandall, Robert

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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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How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?

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Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

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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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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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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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

Carty, Margaret

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Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

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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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Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Atkinson, Brooks

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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

Diller, Phyllis

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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Talmud, The

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest. [Ecclesiastes 9:10]

Bible

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Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.

Mcevoy, J. P.

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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

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

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

Twain, Mark

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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Holtz, Lou