Quotes about Work

All work is ultimately creative work because all of us are taking part in the ongoing creation of the world. There's

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

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

Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes Is the deed ever truly done For Heaven and the future's sakes

I won't have it, in poetry, that bulk counts. People say to me, 'Now settle down and do a long work, since you have shown the public that you can produce beautiful short poetry.' And their implication tells me that making two verses or a short poem does not satisfy their concept of what an accomplished poet should be able to do. Bulk they want, as evidence of a man's power.

And although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.

Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

Live creatively, friends. . . . Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others" (Galatians 6:1, 4).

The Bible does say, 'Pray without ceasing,' but I don't see where it says you have to stop working in order to pray. As a matter of fact, I believe that anybody who can walk and chew gum at the same time can work and pray at the same time.

He believed there was nothing impossible if you desired it enough to work for it. He loved helping people live up to their potential.