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Quotes About Work

God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.
~ Henri Nouwen
Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.
~ Sean O'Casey
You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.
~ Milo Ventimiglia
I work for enjoyment and satisfaction - not just to earn a living.
~ Louise Hay
The work of preaching is the highest and greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called.
~ Martyn
As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work
~ Charles Baudelaire
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
~ Samuel Smiles
I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.
~ Julie Andrews
I think the entire pharmaceutical industry has a lot of work to do to restore public trust.
~ Kenneth C. Frazier
The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.
~ J. C. Ryle
I want to do transformational work to actually fix the world.
~ Patrick Soon-Shiong
As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work.
~ Matt Damon
They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.
~ Bruce Vilanch
We celebrate Labor Day by not going to work?
~ Carlos Mencia
Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.
~ Maxim Gorky
Unpaid work never commands respect.
~ Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it's just about projects that turn me on.
~ Matt LeBlanc
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.
~ Chinua Achebe
If food were free, why work?
~ Douglas Horton
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.
~ Alan Cohen
Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
~ Joseph Conrad
I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.
~ Anthony Rizzo
Work ... has always been my favorite form of recreation.
~ Anna Howard Shaw