Quotes about work
work thinking years
Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting. William Goldman
work men feelings
Does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work? William Allingham
work thinking years
We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future. Stephen Cambone
work-out people trying
She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don’t, nothing will work out the way they want. Stephen Chbosky
work-out guts
Having guts always works out for me. Stefan Sagmeister
work men would-be
The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power. Thomas Hobbes
workout drinking cutting
My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I'm lazy and find that workouts cut into my drinking time. Tim Cahill
work self problem
Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed? Victoria Wood
work-ethic ethics ifs
I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it. Viggo Mortensen
work humble airplane
Consider the wheelbarrow. It may lack the grace of an airplane, the speed of an automobile, the initial capacity of a freight car, but its humble wheel marked out the path of what civilization we still have. Hal Borland
workaholic
I've been a workaholic since I was 18. Greta Van Susteren
work knowing satisfaction
Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.
work-out age trying
Carry on. Things will work out. If you keep trying and praying and working, things will work out. They always do. If you want to die at an early age, dwell on the negative. Accentuate the positive, and you’ll be around for a while. Gordon B. Hinckley
work-out bed get-up
If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you. Gordon B. Hinckley
work progress comfort
Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress. Gordon B. Hinckley
work people balance
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner. Gordon B. Hinckley
workout tired games
You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important. Georges St-Pierre
work grants hard
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Horace
work-out perfect suffering
The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants. Herbert Spencer
work grief men
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. Herman Melville
work humanity wicked
True Work is the necessity of poor humanity's earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked. Herman Melville
work politics leisure
They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure. Herman Melville
work men two
A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. Herbert Beerbohm Tree
work men bread-of-life
As a preacher, I should be prompted to tell men, not so much how to get their wheat bread cheaper, as of the bread of life compared with which that is bran. Let a man only taste these loaves, and he becomes a skillful economist at once. Henry David Thoreau
work exercise mind
What exercise is to the body, employment is to the mind and morals. Henry David Thoreau
work hard-work hard
Those who work much do not work hard. Henry David Thoreau
work men doors
The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while. Henry David Thoreau
work cat zanzibar
It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar. Henry David Thoreau
work ease crowds
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. Henry David Thoreau
work humble mean
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated? Henry David Thoreau
work love-you pleasure
Love your work, then you will find pleasure in mastering it. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
work office paper
Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the volume of your paper work. Jilly Cooper
work nice office
Always be nice to everyone in the firm on the way up. You never know who you may meet on the way down. Jilly Cooper