Quotes about Work
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
That man is idle who can do something better.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I watch 'Take Me Out' mainly for Paddy McGuinness. When we were younger, we worked together as lifeguards at the Bolton Leisure Centre.
— Maxine Peake
Religion may be a private affair, but the woik and word of God are the reconciliation of the world with God, as it was performed in Jesus Christ.
— Karl Barth
Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.
— John Bunyan
Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end.
— Samuel Johnson
Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.
— Samuel Johnson
Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.
— Samuel Johnson
All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.
— John Calvin
The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously employed.
— Charles Spurgeon