Work Quotes

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead"

Chanakya, Politician

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching"

Satchel Paige, Athlete

"People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up"

Ogden Nash, Poet

"It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'"

Max Planck, Scientist

"It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record"

Andre Maurois, Writer

"We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile"

Earl Nightingale, Writer

"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business"

Robert Falcon Scott, Explorer

"I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him"

Jean Rostand, Scientist

"A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in"

Jean Rostand, Scientist

"The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions"

Andre Maurois, Writer

"Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company"

Scott Adams, Cartoonist

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored"

Earl Nightingale, Writer

"Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work"

Earl Nightingale, Writer

"If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work"

Ogden Nash, Poet

"That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be a registered nurse so getting to talk to people who already work in those jobs can really teach me what to expect when I get out in the real world"

Angela Carter, Novelist

"The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'"

Al Gore, Vice President

"Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands"

Giorgio Vasari, Artist

"I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest"

Chanakya, Politician

"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more"

Jonas Salk, Scientist

"It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner"

Jonas Salk, Scientist

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"If you put the work in, and you show that you're willing to work hard, you'll succeed"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"I always say, 'The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.' You have to put in the work if you want to make your dreams a reality"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"The key to success is not just hard work, it's smart work"

John Fredriksen, Businessman

"We must work together to build a more peaceful and prosperous world, based on mutual respect and understanding"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

"The rule of law is the foundation of a just and fair society, and we must work to uphold it at all times"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

"If you're not prepared to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%"

Didier Drogba, Athlete

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