Motivational Quotes

Work

The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.

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Best Quotes about Work

That's what being in the working class is all about -- how to get out of it.

Wran, Neville Kenneth

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

Twain, Mark

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes -- and six months later you have to start all over again.

Rivers, Joan

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

Bible

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

Maharaj, Nisaragada Ha

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Henry David Thoreau

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

People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.

Howard Newton

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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 --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.

Auden, W. H.

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

Butterworth, Eric

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There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

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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.

Sam Ewing

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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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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Coolidge, Calvin

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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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Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.

Burns, Mamie Sypert

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Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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My father always told me, Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.

Fox, Jim

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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.

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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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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 milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Riley, Pat

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In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.

Orwell, George

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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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Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and temporary discouragement.

Fleyer, Paul J.

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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

Maxine Hong Kingston

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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

Bette Davis

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Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

Jones, Beverly

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

Milsap, Ronnie

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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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There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

LeMond, Greg

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

Vaneigem, Raoul

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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

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Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

David Shore

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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.

Jong, Erica

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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

Lombardi, Vince

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

Twain, Mark

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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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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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Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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

Thatcher, Margaret

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Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.

Galbraith, John Kenneth