Quotes About Work

The antidote to envy is one's own work. Always one's own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it. But the doing of it. The answers you want can come only from the work itself.

I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to be wanted as a writer.

I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.

I made 22 million in 14 years... with taxes, and travel and everything else, it gets blown out the window... which is why I still need to work.

I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.

When my father began his work in the 1970s it was a very different EU. I pay tribute to what he did. But it has now become a very different proposition: the United States of Europe.

When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail. It's not because of Hollywood, it's because you don't spend time together.

I'm lucky to get to do the job that I do. I'm really lucky to be able to work in so many different areas of this industry.

You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop.

My message is believe in yourself. Have courage in your capacity. Listen to your inner voice. And then the critical component of all this is, do the work.

Basically, if I ever went and worked on a crime drama or something, it was usually just for the work.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

Know that it is good to work. Work with love and think of liking it when you do it.

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.

I enjoy my work. The reason I worked so hard all my life is because I want to be making big decisions and managing at the very highest level.

My days tend to be packed, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I enjoy my work, and it is a privilege to do what I do.

I believe joy is a spiritual practice we have to work at.

[Martin Scorsese ] basically works just like any other director. You work the scene, you try to find what's best in it and make it work. That's what it was like.

But, when the goddess' work is done,The woman's still remains.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

My work is never perfect. It always can be better but I just believe that we need to achieve a really high level of excellence. I don't believe in the "Good Enough" principle as a Christian.

do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country, and immediately I started to paint fairies and trolls.