981 private quotes tagged work

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.” — Oscar Wilde

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“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.” — Pablo Picasso

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“Writing is hard work and bad for the health.” — E. B. White

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“Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” — Robert Frost

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“I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.” — John Burroughs

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“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” — Leo Tolstoy

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“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.” — Michael Jordan

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“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” — Theodore Roosevelt

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“An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.” — William Feather

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“Evil gains work their punishment.” — Sophocles

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“It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.” — Thomas Aquinas

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“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.” — George Eliot

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“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” — Fred Rogers

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“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.” — Theodore Roosevelt

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“Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.” — Barbara Kingsolver

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“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 will become a beautiful success.” — Louisa May Alcott

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“Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.” — Zakk Wylde

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“I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.” — Albert Ellis

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“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” — Anna Quindlen

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“Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.” — Coco Chanel

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“The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.” — Brian Eno

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“Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.” — Abdul Kalam

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