Quotes about Work

The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

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

The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.

Our Lord's conception of discipleship is not that we work for God, but that God works through us.

Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

If the laborer gets no more than the wages which his employer pays him, he is cheated, he cheats himself.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

Walk into a library anywhere in the world and you'll notice the same thing: It's quiet and calm. Everyone knows how to behave in a library. In fact, few things transcend cultures like library behavior. It's a place where people go to read, think, study, focus, and work. And the hushed, respectful environment reflects that. Isn't that what an office should be?