Motivational Quotes

Work

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

Best Quotes about Work

A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork.

Frost, Robert

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.

Better to burn out than rust out.

Young, Neil

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

Sinise, Gary

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

Hughes, Charles Evans

Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.

Twain, Mark

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

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The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others.

Reich, Robert B.

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Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done.

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Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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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

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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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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Kemp, Jack

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We have always found that people are most productive in small teams with tight budgets, time lines and the freedom to solve their own problems.

Rollwagen, John

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You have to do it by yourself, and you can't do it alone.

Rutte, Martin

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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours --all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.

Faulkner, William

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Work is a four letter word!

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The fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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

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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.

29.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

Foster, Jodie

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

Lisa Kudrow

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A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Lombardi, Vince

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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

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

Book, William Frederick

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

Wilde, Oscar

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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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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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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

Lincoln, Abraham

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Waitley, Denis

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

Henry J. Kaiser

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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.

John Ruskin

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Austen, Jane

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Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Riley, Pat

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Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.

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It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

Johnson, Samuel

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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

Getty, J. Paul