work quotes

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”

— Confucius

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

— Confucius

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Change yourself and your work will seem different.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.”

— Andre Gide

“It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”

— Andre Gide

“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”

— Andre Gide

“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”

— Andre Gide

“If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!”

— Og Mandino

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“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.”

— Dale Carnegie

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

— Dale Carnegie

“When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. ”

— Henry John Kaiser

“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.”

— Henry John Kaiser

“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”

— Buddha

“In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.”

— Stephen Hawking

“My work and my family are very important to me. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. ”

— Stephen Hawking

work quotes

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.”

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ”

“Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.”

“Change yourself and your work will seem different.”

“There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.”

“It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”

“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”

“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”

“If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.”

“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!”

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

“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.”

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.”

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

“When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. ”

“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.”

“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”

“In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.”

“They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”

“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.”

“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”

“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. ”

“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. ”

“It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.”

“My work and my family are very important to me. ”

“I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. ”

“Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. ”