Motivational Quotes

Work

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

- Syrus, Publilius

Best Quotes about Work

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.

Hubbard, Elbert

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 take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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.

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

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

Frost, Robert

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

Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.

Sand, George

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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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Light is the task where many share the toil.

Homer

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Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Grant, Ulysses S.

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Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

Vaneigem, Raoul

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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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Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Maharaj, Nisaragada Ha

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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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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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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

Anatole France

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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 secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Wilfred A. Peterson

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Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.

Hubbard, L. Ron

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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Forbes, B. C.

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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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Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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

Riley, Pat

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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Milsap, Ronnie

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

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Baldwin, James

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

Miyazawa, Kiichi

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

Marquis, Don

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

Riley, Pat

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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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A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Riley, Pat

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The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Keller, Helen

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The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part

Stengel, Casey

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

Coolidge, Calvin

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Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Diane Ackerman

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

Oakley, Ann

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

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Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

Tracy, Brian

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Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

Cato The Elder

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I love the work; I could sit and look at it for hours.

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Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas.Only individuals can do this.A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.

Green, Estill I.

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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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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

David McCullough

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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Fromme, Dr. Allan