Motivational Quotes

Work

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

- Escher, M. C.

Best Quotes about Work

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Carnegie, Andrew

Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow -- security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.

O'Casey, Sean

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.

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

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Edison, Thomas A.

When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as he wants to be seen, and each man as he really is.

Saintamo, Michael De

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.

Schembechler, Bo

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

Milsap, Ronnie

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Escher, M. C.

10.

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

11.

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

12.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

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Poor workers! First they're cuckolded, and, as if that weren't enough, then they're beaten! Work's a curse, Saturno. I say to hell with the work you have to do to earn a living! That kind of work does us no honor; all it does is fill up the bellies of the pigs who exploit us. But the work you do because you like to do it, because you've heard the call, you've got a vocation --that's ennobling! We should all be able to work like that. Look at me, Saturno --I don't work. And I don't care if they hang me, I won't work! Yet I'm alive! I may live badly, but at least I don't have to work to do it!

Bunuel, Luis

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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

15.

The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

16.

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

17.

When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.

18.

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

Baldwin, James

19.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

20.

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.

21.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]

Hanks, Tom

23.

The sharp employ the sharp.

Jerrold, Douglas William

24.

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

Atkinson, Brooks

25.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

28.

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

Stengel, Casey

29.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Paterno, Joe

30.

Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

31.

Most people show up for work being physically accoutered but mentally disheveled.

Butterworth, Eric

32.

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

Johnson, Samuel

33.

It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

34.

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

David McCullough

35.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Garfield, James A.

36.

We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

37.

Work is a four letter word!

38.

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

39.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Comaneci, Nadia

40.

In the sweat of thy brow shall you eat your bread.

Bible

41.

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

Thatcher, Margaret

42.

Everybody loves some fun, back-breaking manual labor!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

43.

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Gillman, Charlotte P.

44.

Love conquers all, but if love doesn't do it, try hard work

45.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Robert Benchley

46.

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Marquis, Don

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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Maurois, Andre