Work Quotes

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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.

Source Unknown

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Source Unknown

Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Anne Frank

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

Bill Budge

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

Jim Carrey

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

Theodor Adorno

We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.

Steve Jobs

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Plato

He struck his temples with his fists and screamed: 'Haven't you ever seen a goddam DC converter? You can get them at Radio Shack for three bucks! Are you seriously trying to tell me you couldn't have made a simple DC converter when you can make your tractor fly and your typewriter run on telepathy? Are you?'Nobody thought of it!' she screamed suddenly.

Stephen King

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.

Neil Gaiman

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

Phyllis Diller

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

Michelle Obama

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Simone Weil

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

Tiger Woods

And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!

Jim Valvano

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

Oliver Goldsmith

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

Marc Anthony