Quotes
Quotes about Work
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go. [Ger., Der Mohr hat seine Arbeit gethan, der Mohr kann gehen.]
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you.
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.
A day's work is a day's work, neither more nor less, and the man who does it needs a day's sustenance, a night's repose, and due leisure, whether he be a painter or ploughman.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last. - Isaac Watts,
Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. â¢Vince Lombardi or â¢Donald Kendall My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. â¢Indira Gandhi I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. â¢Douglas Adams There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. â¢William Bennett The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. â¢Robert Frost When work is a pleasure, life is a joy; when work is a duty, life is slavery. â¢Maksim Gorky One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. â¢Elbert Hubbard It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. â¢Jerome K Jerome One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. â¢Bertrand Russell Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. â¢Lily Tomlin Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. â¢Robert Benchley Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. â¢Thomas Edison 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. â¢Sam Ewing Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love. â¢David McCullough Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. â¢John G. Pollard Banker: A fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. â¢Mark Twain
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
Work is love made visible.
I do not like work even when someone else does it.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
But they will maintain the state of the world; And all their desire is in the work of their craft.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world.
Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.
Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.
