Quotes About Work

Sé por experiencia propia que en un hogar sencillo, en el que se trabaja para ganar el pan, se puede ser muy feliz, y que sufrir pequeñas privaciones ayuda a valorar más lo que se tiene. No me importa que Meg lleve una vida sencilla porque, si no me equivoco, dispondrá de la mejor riqueza: el corazón de un hombre bueno. Y esa es la mejor de las fortunas.

Don't grieve and fret or think that you can comfort yourself by being idle and trying to forget. Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Hope and keep busy.

At four o'clock a lull took place, and baskets remained empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and bruises. Then Jo and Meg, with a detachment of the bigger boys, set forth the supper on the grass, for an out-of-door tea was always the crowning joy of the day.

Lounging and larking doesn't pay, observed Jo, shaking her head. I'm tired of it and mean to go to work at something right off.

A fellow can't live on books

Afrontar la crítica es la mejor prueba para el trabajo porque permite descubrir virtudes y defectos insospechados, además de que sirve de guía para mejorar en la siguiente ocasión.

Even the swift needle charmed him, the little brooch which rose and fell with her quiet breath, the plain work she did, and the tidy way she gathered her bits of thread into a tiny bag.

I had a very happy New Year, after all; and when I thought it over in my room, I felt as if I was getting on a little in spite of my many failures; for I'm cheerful all the time now, work with a will, and take more interest in other people than I used to, which is satisfactory. Bless you all!

There was a good deal of laughing, and kissing, and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home festivals so pleasant at the time, so sweet to remember long afterward, then all fell to work. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again; for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion.

all play and no work is as bad as all work and no play.

Why, you know I don't mind hard jobs much, and there must always be one scrub in a family. Amy is splendid in fine works and I'm not, but I feel in my element when all the carpets are to be taken up, or half the family fall sick at once. Amy is distinguishing herself abroad, but if anything is amiss at home, I'm your man.

Yet Junius never saw how much his own unbending style and unrealistically high standards had contributed to Pierpont's slavish dedication to work.

He will willingly fill the more menial positions, and do the heavy work, at less wages, than the American white man

Laura was sufficiently pleased with work that she felt in no special rush to get married.

John D. Rockefeller was the Protestant work ethic in its purest form, leading a life so consistent with Weber's classic essay that it reads like his spiritual biography.

I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life's work.

At one point, Bill suggested that if John didn't find work he might have to return to the country; the thought of such dependence upon his father made "a cold chill" run down his spine, Rockefeller later said.27 Because he approached his job hunt devoid of any doubt or self-pity, he could stare down all discouragement. "I was working every day at my business—the business of looking for work. I put in my full time at this every day.

Do you think it is sad for people to struggle their entire working life just to get by, only to retire into guaranteed poverty? I know I do. And the reason I feel this way is because we all have so much potential to do better.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

governments don't produce economic growth people do.

But Nancy is right—Presidents don't have vacations—they just have a change of scenery";

The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

aren't lazy or unwilling to work: they just don't know how to free themselves from the welfare security blanket.