Quotes
Quotes about Work
Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run.
Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavor in continual motion; To which is fixed as an aim or butt Obedience; for so work the honeybees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king, and officers of sorts, Where some like magistrates correct at home, Others like merchants venture trade abroad, Others like soldiers armed in their stings Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor, Who, busied in his majesties, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]
The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. -Diana Rankin.
He who works his land will have abundant food.
When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie, When from neither hill or dale, Chants the silvery nightingale: In these works my bleeding heart Would to thee its brief impart; When I thus thy image lose Can I, ah! can I, e'er know repose?
A bad workman always blames his tools.
I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.
Words of love, are works of love.
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing. Few lend (but fools) Their working tools. - Thomas Tusser,
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.
A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.
The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run. - Ebenezer Elliott ("The Corn Law Rhymer"),
Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
