Quotes About Work

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV.

That is what capitalism is—a version of feudalism in which capital replaces land, and business leaders replace kings. But the hierarchy remains. And so we still hand over our lives' labor, under duress, to feed rulers who do no real work.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.

This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in other places, their minds thinking about people elsewhere; they could never be in a single existence at one time. How wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise.

Work never failed to give me that same ego boost I had experienced when filming that first cereal commercial. People bent over backward to give me what I wanted. And what kid doesn't want adults eating out of his hand, catering to his every wish? Because life was all about getting to the place where I could be happy all the time, acting was the perfect venue. It wasn't only the ego boost that kept me going. I truly loved what I did.

A career takes more than talent. It takes character

So I parried, 'You're afraid to die, eh? Oh well.' 'Nonsense. It's only that my life's work isn't done yet.' That is how pompously he expressed himself, it was sickening.

Es fing schon 1945, gleich nach Kriegsende an, als ich einen Job wollte, bei der Post.

On the societal front, a paradigm shift is underway in how we work and communicate, as well as how we express, inform and entertain ourselves.

New technologies will dramatically change the nature of work across all industries and occupations.

The night is in no way the work of reason, nor it is deduced from experience. It is experience itself.

Clearly the opposing view that the writer precedes the work carries many dangers. By subordinating the work to the writer, one weakens the work's status as a product of society, overestimates the position of the writer and reinforces the notion that fiction is based on individualism.

The intention was really to do something dignified, something that is honest and reflects the work that this Organization does. And it is with that spirit that the producers and the directors approached their work, and I hope you will all agree they have done that.

Asakawa himself didn't much care if the company made money or lost it. All that mattered to him was whether or not the work was engaging. No matter how easy a job was physically, if it didn't involve imagination, it usually ended up exhausting you.

Tanpa disadari, saking semangatnya meminta, kita terkesan mengajari atau mendikte Tuhan. Menurut sebuah hadis, Tuhan akan marah pada hamba-Nya yang sombong, tidak pernah berdoa. Namun, Tuhan juga marah jika melihat hamba-Nya banyak berdoa, tanpa bekerja. Ora et labora.

Dans les ateliers de réparation provisoires, les hommes tapaient du marteau, actionnaient les soufflets et forgeaient le fer pour les roues des verdines.

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Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Working for love is a curse. Working from love is a ministry.

The gift of discernment simply gives you the ability to distinguish what spirit or spirits are at work in a person or an environment.

Remember, your output is not a work of art; it's a work product designed to help the customer – whoever the customer is.