Work Quotes

"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

"All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth."

"All I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating."

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

"All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it."

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

"All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working. There is need to realize the value of work in all its forms whether manual or intellectual, to be called 'mate,' to have sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity."

"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."

"At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff."

"Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning."

"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."

"Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished."

"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together."

"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness."

"By the work one knows the workman."

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

"Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime."

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff."

"Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles."

"Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life."

"Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together."

"Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition."

"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise."

"Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists."

"Economics profession, they've been - they've been confident in various formulas, but economics is not physics. The same formula that works in one decade doesn't work in the next. Economics is a difficult subject."

"Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work."

"Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach."

"Every noble work is at first impossible."

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart."

"Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be."

"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."

"For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it."

"For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship."

"Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs."

"Give me love and work - these two only."

"Give yourself something to work toward - constantly."

"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"

"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"I always tell people that this is a really simple deal: Work hard. If you work hard, follow what's required and set your priorities right, then you can really perform without taking shortcuts. If you're taking shortcuts, you can't be free."

"I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work."

"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."

"I did work in a strip club, but I didn't strip. I danced, and I became very popular."

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."