Quotes About Work

I know a man who is a diamond cutter. He mows the lawn at Yankee Stadium.

Give us Lord, a bit o' sun, A bit o' work and a bit o' fun; Give us all in the struggle and sputter Our daily bread and a bit o' butter.

Take out the papers and the trashOr you don't get no spending cash;If you don't scrub that kitchen floor,You ain't gonna rock 'n' roll no more.Yakety yak, don't talk back.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet… but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Two faces to wash, and four dirty hands Two insistent voices, making demands Twice as much crying, when things go wrong The four eyes closing, with slumber song Twice as many garments, blowing on the line Two cherubs in the wagon, soaking up sunshine Work I do for twins, naturally comes double But four arms to hug me, repay all my trouble.

The entire land sets out to work,All beasts browse on their herbs;Trees, herbs are sprouting,Birds fly from their nests…Ships fare north, fare south as well,Roads lie open when you rise;The fish in the river dart before you,Your rays are in the midst of the sea.

Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired.

And so I quit the police departmentAnd got myself a steady jobAnd though she tried her best to help meShe could steal but she could not rob.

John Henry told his captain,Says, "A man ain't nothin' but a man,And before I'd let your steam drill beat me down, Lord,I'd die with this hammer in my hand."

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work.

The laborer is worthy of his hire.

Oh ladybug, I wish you joy As you complete your garden chores. I'd like to put aside my work And join you in the out-of-doors!

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:But the seventh day… thou shalt not do any work.

As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

If this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it.

So that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.

A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.

If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation?

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.