981 private quotes tagged work

“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?” — Khalil Gibran

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“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.” — Henry Ford

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“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin

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“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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“We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” — Anne Frank

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“I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“The brain is a wonderful organ it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” — Robert Frost

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“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” — Nelson Mandela

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“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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“A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!” — Charles Darwin

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“Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.” — David Seabury

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“The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.” — Damon Albarn

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“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.” — Kamisese Mara

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“Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.” — Steve Wozniak

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“I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.” — Alain Prost

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“The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.” — Mia Love

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“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” — Vince Lombardi

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“You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.” — Jon Stewart

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“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.” — Jim Carrey

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“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.” — Brigham Young

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