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

"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

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

Henry Ford, Businessman

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

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

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

Thornton Wilder, Writer

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

Don Marquis, Journalist

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

Neil Armstrong, Astronaut

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

Harvey Specter, Actor

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

Henry Drummond, Writer

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

Ralph Marston, Writer

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

Vince Lombardi, Coach

"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

"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

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

Olive Schreiner, Writer

"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

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad"

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist

"Work is a necessary evil to be avoided"

Mark Twain, Author

"The end crowneth the work"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

"Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!"

Og Mandino, Author

"In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed"

Clare Boothe Luce, Dramatist

"Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away"

Lyn Nofziger

"I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year"

Tyler Perry, Actor

"I work with nature, although in completely new terms"

Bridget Riley, Artist

"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"

J. Paul Getty, Businessman

"I get angry about things, then go on and work"

Toni Morrison, Novelist

"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

"When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky"

Armand Hammer, Businessman

"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

"I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right"

Namie Amuro, Musician

"While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"

Brian Ferneyhough, Composer

"I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music"

John Coltrane, Musician

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