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Quotes About Work

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.
~ Jason Bateman
Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
~ Marquis de Sade
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
~ William Ellery Channing
The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they're all animal lovers like me.
~ Bella Thorne
The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.
~ Nick Saban
By giving kids an allowance, you teach that child to work for money rather than learn to create money.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away-- This is no time for thee to sleep-- Up, watch, and work, and pray!
~ Horatius Bonar
I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out. I have a great family and we spend all our time together. I work hard and play hard with them.
~ Sean Hannity
I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.
~ Neil Simon
I need to work to feel well.
~ Edouard Manet
If you want great tranquility/ It's hard work and a long walk
~ Charles Wright
The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
~ William Butler Yeats
Enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Yeah, it's unfair that you can get judged by something you didn't do, but it's also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn't work for.
~ Chris Rock
A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
~ Sam Worthington
There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.
~ Sidney Lumet
But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
~ Joseph Barber Lightfoot
In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.
~ Dallas Willard
You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.
~ Clive Owen
I work virtually every waking hour.
~ Alvin Toffler
Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
~ Moliere
It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small payment and they will walk away.
~ Dan Ariely
You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.
~ Harold Geneen