Work
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- It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well.
- It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
- It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.
- It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.
- It’s the work on your desk. Do well with what you already have and more will come in.
- It’s what you do in the dark that will ultimately put you in the light.
- It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
- I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
- I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
- Joy in one’s work is the consummate tool without which the work may be done indeed, but without which the work will always be done slowly, clumsily, and without its finest perfectness.
- [K]eep it going! You never can do anything by spasmodic efforts. It's the eternal hammering that does the thing.
- Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
- Knowledge conquered by labour becomes a possession--a property entirely our own.
- Labor is the best test of the energies of men, and furnishes an admirable training for practical wisdom.
- Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold.William Morley PunshonCommonly attributed
- Labour is life. From the inmost heart of the worker rises his God-given force--the sacred celestial life-essence breathed into him by Almighty God.
- Labour, wide as the earth, has its summit in heaven.
- Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.
- Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as poor Richard says, a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.
- Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.
- Let the world know why you’re here, and do it with passion.
- Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
- Life is a short day, but it is a working day.
- Life is a short day; but it is a working day. Activity may lead to evil, but inactivity cannot lead to good.
- Life is too short and there is too much constructive work to be done to justify us in "striking back" at everyone who says that which we do not wish to hear.
- Life without work is a bloom without fruit.
- Light is the task when many share the toil.HomerSourced
- Love labour; for if thou dost not want it for food, thou may'st for physic.
- Love, therefore, labor; if thou shouldst not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome to the body and good for the mind; it prevents the fruit of idleness.
- Luck is nice, but work is something you can control. So get working!Les BrownCommonly attributed
- Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
- Make clean work, and leave no tags. Allow no delays when you are at a thing; do it and be done with it.
- Make every action firm, strong, positive and determined; in other words, put your whole soul into everything that you feel, think or do.
- Make hard work your passion.
- Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.
- Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.
- Make your life work instead of making life full of work.
- Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread.
- Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- Man should trust in God as if God did all, and yet labor as earnestly as if he himself did all.