Work Quotes: Inspiring Sayings about Passion and Dedication

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

Stephen King, Author

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

Elbert Hubbard, Writer

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

Voltaire, Writer

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

Elbert Hubbard, Writer

"By the work one knows the workman"

Jean de La Fontaine, Poet

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"

Frederick Sanger, Scientist

"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity"

Mahatma Gandhi, Leader

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"

Don Marquis, Journalist

"No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted"

Olive Schreiner, Writer

"There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home"

Henry Drummond, Writer

"Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city"

Frank Gehry, Architect

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary"

Harvey Specter, Actor

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure"

Colin Powell, Statesman

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

Confucius, Philosopher

"The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel"

Neil Armstrong, Astronaut

"States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"The great recipe for success is to work, and always work"

Leon Gambetta, Politician

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along"

George Herbert, Poet

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work"

Ralph Marston, Writer

"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary"

Vince Lombardi, Coach

"All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness"

John Ruskin, Writer

"A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills"

W. E. B. Du Bois, Writer

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it"

Michael Jordan, Athlete

"There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened"

Bruno Mars, Musician

"Our work is a scream of freedom"

Christo, Artist

"He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it"

Mark Wahlberg, Actor

"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe"

Gail Devers, Athlete