Quotes about Work
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.
— Hudson Taylor
Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
— Martin Luther
One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.
— Origen
Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray for prayer requires strength.
— Hudson Taylor
Help me to work and pray. Help me to live each day. That all I do may say "Thy kingdom come."
— AB Simpson
God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts-it's falling in love with God.
— Francis Chan
Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.
— William Osler
Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership.
— Philip Yancey
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
— David O. McKay
Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
— David O. McKay