981 private quotes tagged work

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

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“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” — Emile Zola

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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” — Thomas A. Edison

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

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

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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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“The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.” — Elbert Hubbard

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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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“I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.” — Will Rogers

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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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“The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.” — Thomas A. Edison

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

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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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“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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“You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday!” — Mindy Kaling

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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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“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.” — Paulo Coelho

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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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