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To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life.
Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.
How Sunday into Monday melts!
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
My favorite project is always the next one.
A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Times will change for the better when you change.
Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt.
It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pajamas
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
Daytime friends and night time lovers, hoping that no one else discovers.
Maintain a good balance. A personal life adds dimensions to your professional life and vice versa. It helps nurture creativity through a deeper understanding of yourself.
Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for it.
The worker puts his life into the object; but now it no longer belongs to him, it belongs to the object.
Never turn down a job because you think it's too small, you don't know where it can lead.
I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.
Work like you don't need the money.
Take this job and shove it, I ain't working here no more.
I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
