Quotes About Work

Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother "worked" at anything besides raising her children.

I hate being away even for a day. But I'm happiest when I'm working and have my own things going on, so it ultimately makes me a better mother and wife.

Every working mother struggles with the BlackBerry, knowing the boss can call.

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters and youth.

My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's place is in the home!

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

Do more than believe: practice.

The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.

Find your passion, and it's no longer work.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Someone with less passion and talent and poorer content can totally beat you if they're willing to work longer and harder than you are. Hustle is it.

If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.

Activity is not output.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.