Quotes About Work

If every man who passed an unjust judgment on his fellow should be condemned, how many judges would be found so vain and foolish as to review and condemn their Maker's work?

Que ninguém se engane: só se consegue a simplicidade através de muito trabalho.

The best student portfolios must feature these attributes, among others, if they are to be of most value: The collections of work will cover years, even decades. Only over time can the threads of passions and other themes be drawn. They will be multimedia, using words, photographs, and video clips. They will include external validation, where appropriate. This may include awards, references in local papers, and letters of thanks from recipients.

But why are those moments so essential? It's because laughter boosts productivity. It makes a task more manageable. It releases endorphins, forges emotional connections, and can encourage more honest communication. When your staff has fun at work, they work together more collaboratively. Every single day at work becomes a team-building activity.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded.

My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. —Steve Jobs

I couldn't practice feng shui if I didn't believe in it, and I wouldn't believe in it if I hadn't seen it work.

the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.

A job is a home to a homeless man.

All people work for money. Principled people work for life.

There are at least 365 days in a year. You can do 300 days working with pay, 60 days working and praying without pay, and 5 days of rest

There are many jobs in the world that require too much walking and talking, not listening. You can do the walking by just talking. But not talking while walking. Listening is bound somewhere.

Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously

See John Haworth, Work, Leisure and Wellbeing, Routledge, London, 1997, pp. 24–5.

It would be a desirable and enviable existence just to earn a decent wage at a worthwhile job and spend all one's leisure hours improving one's aesthetic appreciation. There is so much to appreciate, and it is all available for peanuts. One can plausibly aspire to seeing, hearing and reading everything that matters.

As a work of art, it reminds me of a long conversation between two drunks

Her novels, which I have not yet read, are usually described as the work of a writer's writer, or perhaps of someone who has been to the Institute for the Theory of Literature in Zagreb.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

There is a time for work and a time for love. That leaves no other time.