1,008 Quotes Regarding Work


I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
Ray Bradbury

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
Abdul Kalam

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
John F. Kennedy

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Vince Lombardi

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
Milton Friedman

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Khalil Gibran

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
Michael Jordan

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Nelson Mandela

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Elbert Hubbard

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
Francis of Assisi

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.
Michael Jordan

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
Theodore Roosevelt

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.
Caroline Kennedy

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

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
Zig Ziglar