quotations about work
I like to call in sick to work at places where I've never held a job. Then when the manager tells me I don't work there, I tell them I'd like to. But not today, as I'm sick.
JAROD KINTZ
This Book is Not For Sale
Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
HOMER
The Odyssey
This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize that it is play.
ALAN WATTS
The Essence of Alan Watts
No matter how humble your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an artist, of a master. In this way you lift it out of commonness and rob it of what would otherwise be drudgery.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
He Can Who Thinks He Can
He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
CESARE PAVESE
The Business of Living
Since the Fall, man had accepted labor as a penance and for its power to work redemption. It was not a law of nature which forced man to work, but the effect of a curse.
MICHEL FOUCAULT
Madness & Civilization
Many hands make light work.
JOHN HEYWOOD
Proverbs
You reach a point where you don't work for money.
WALT DISNEY
attributed, The Quotable Billionaire
I don't like work -- no man does -- but I like what is in work -- the chance to find yourself.
JOSEPH CONRAD
The Heart of Darkness
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
Changes to the way we work are bringing a focus on both the role of the stand alone workplace, and the design of cities. As co-working spaces evolve to meet the demand of workers for flexible, autonomous and creative work environments, broader changes are occurring in how we work and live.
LIBBY SANDER
"Co-working is evolving to combine co-living", Business Insider, March 29, 2017
I loved work and I loved pouring myself into the work, you know. It was the real life that I had trouble with.
ROSEANNE BARR
Larry King Live, March 2, 2006
Some men are so eager for success that they are even willing to work for it.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Are you the type of person who gets taken in by flattery and ends up staying late to do work others could be doing? What would happen if you said no? These habits are tough to break in organisations, but if you don't gently steer these requests more fairly to others on your team, you will continue to be given more work just because you always say yes and your happiness at work will be undermined. It really is okay for everyone to say no sometimes, as this lets your organisation know that workloads are heavy and assistance may be required.
LOUISE LAMBERT
"You can't do it all: turning down work is sometimes a necessity", Albawaba Business, February 3, 2016
No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him. There is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hands of toil.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
A Glance Behind the Curtain
Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Work today is not a place -- it's a set of tasks, timelines, and tools.
SAM WORTHINGTON
"Work is a state of mind: Building a productive virtual team", IT Brief, April 3, 2017
Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
MAXIM GORKY
Untimely Thoughts
I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.
GEORGE ELIOT
Adam Bede