Quotes About Work

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

Work as if you were to live a hundred years,Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

Speak little, do much.

Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes

Benjamin Franklin

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their Pork, the Bread, and in continual ill-humour. (Autobiography, 1771)

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Poor Richard

If you were a servant would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? Then if you are your own master be ashamed to catch yourself idle.

Industry need not wish, and he who lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands, for I have no lands

At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.

Melakukan yang terbaik lebih baik daripada mengucapkan yang terbaik

He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor,

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Who is there that can be handsomely Supported in Affluence, Ease and Pleasure by another, that will chuse rather to earn his Bread by the Sweat of his own Brows?

When men are employ'd, they are best content'd; for on the days they worked they were good-natur'd and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day's work, they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their pork, the bread, etc.

Industry. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.

Industry pays debts while despair increases them.

All things are easy to industry, All things are difficult to sloth.

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Work as if you were to live 100 years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow.

sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never;