Quotes About Work

Everyone I knew hated Monday mornings, but I never minded them.

How could I explain to this man how much I wanted to work? Did he have the slightest idea how much I missed my old job? ... I had never considered that you might miss a job like you missed a limb--a constant, reflexive thing.

he said, that the only way to achieve something magical was through work and discipline

I often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

Men find it easier to work than to deal with anything else.

often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

There is no happiness in this world other than what is achieved by love of one's work

I've had a very good life, Louisa. I loved my job and I worked with some wonderful people. I traveled to Paris, Milan, Berlin, London, far more than most women my age...I had my beautiful apartment and some excellent friends. You mustn't worry about me. All this nonsense about women having it all. We never could and we never shall. Women always have to make difficult choices. But there is a great consolation in simply doing something you love.

Most of the time, I was reasonably content with my life. I had been to enough group sessions now to know that it was important to be grateful for simple pleasures. I was healthy. I had my family again. I was working.

Whatever I said to anyone else, I knew I would always regret to my bones missing the chance to live and work in New York. That no matter how much I told myself there would be other chances, other places, this would be the lost opportunity I carried, like a cheap handbag I regretted buying, wherever I went.

What else could I say? It was a job. Progress of sorts.

Nie ma innego szcz??cia na tym ?wiecie ni? to, które osi?ga cz?owiek, kochaj?c swoj? prac?.

By some beneficence of the shift-scheduling gods, Sam and I both had a day off.

Fancy a friendly beer with an exhausted corporate wage slave?

A menudo pienso que la habilidad de ganarse el sustento haciendo algo que a uno le encanta debe de ser uno de los mejores regalos que puede ofrecer la vida.

Everyone I knew hated Monday mornings, but I never minded them. I liked arriving early at The Buttered Bun, firing up the huge tea urn in the corner, bringing in the crates of milk and bread from the backyard and chatting to Frank as we prepared to open.

But I'm not an automation. I'm human and I have a life, and just for a short while I had responsibilities that meant I couldn't be the employee you – or I – would have liked. ~Louisa Clark

So what was the hardest part?' Mr Gopnik said. 'I'm sorry?' 'Of working for William Traynor. It sounds like quite a challenge.' I hesitated. The room was suddenly very quiet. 'Letting him go.' I said. And found myself unexpectedly biting back tears.

The ethic of craftsmanship involves a willingness to focus, directly and methodically, on what we don't yet know so that we can learn how to work with ever-increasing skill.

Monday at 9 A.M. is when people start their workweek," Joy said passionately. "Think about that, George. People would rather die than go to work

that people who experience more positive emotions than negative ones are more likely to see the bigger picture, build relationships, and thrive in their work and career, whereas people who experience mostly negative emotions are more likely to have a narrower perspective and tend to focus more on problems.3

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Rose is undistractable, indefatigable, a problem solver. Work is her essence, her animating spirit, and the core of her impact on me. Her dedication to it helps make my life possible, connects the two of us in this powerful way.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.