Work Quotes
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.
Borrow, George Henry
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Campbell, Joseph
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
Carlyle, Thomas
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
Carlyle, Thomas
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green
Churchill, Winston
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
da Vinci, Leonardo
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
Dewey, John
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
Edison, Thomas A.
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness.
Franklin, Benjamin
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Frost, Robert
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.
Giacometti, Alberto
Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working.
Heywood, John
Haste makes waste.
Jefferson, Thomas
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art.
Pandita, Saskya
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Shakespeare, William
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
Syrus, Publilius
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Twain, Mark
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Vonnegut, Kurt
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.