WORK QUOTES II
quotations about work
A man is seen in his works.
CLEMENT METEZEAU
attributed, Day's Collacon
It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust, but to look into the matter a little deeper.
WILLIAM MORRIS
"Useful Work vs Useless Toil", Signs of Change: Seven Lectures, Delivered on Various Occasions
In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world. One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours -- all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
The Paris Review, spring 1956
What is earned with hard labor is eaten with pleasure.
CHINESE PROVERB
If you want work well done, select a busy man ‚ the other kind has no time.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The Note Book
The work praises the workman.
ROGER PAYNE
attributed, Day's Collacon
This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk!
The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work.
This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil:
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"The Toiling of Felix"
It isn't the hours you put in your work that count, it's the work you put in the hours.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Work is the mechanism that drives production.
AL MILLER
"The transforming power of work", Jamaica Observer, April 2, 2017
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
ANNE FRANK
The Diary of a Young Girl
The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
ANDRE GIDE
Journals
Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Made to Last
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
EMILY BRONTË
Wuthering Heights
If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
Autobiography
We think work is killing us. A new Mayo Clinic survey shows Americans blame work more than anything else for keeping them from better health.
JACQUELINE CUTLER
"Top five reasons Americans think work is killing us", Daily News, February 4, 2016
Going to work is the vacation.... I have so much respect for women who stay at home and take care of the children, 'cause I find it to be incredibly challenging and the harder job, make no mistake about it.
JUNE DIANE RAPHAEL
"June Diane Raphael Says Going to Work Is the Vacation", People, March 31, 2017
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity,
And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways;
While other animals unactive range,
And of their doings God takes no account.
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost
The worker puts his life into the object; but now it no longer belongs to him, it belongs to the object.
KARL MARX
"Alienated Labor", Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts
We are not unaccustomed to becoming imposters by the time we reach our desks each morning. By design, we've been taught that professionalism in American office society mostly equates to assimilation -- requiring that, as employees, we self-adjust to fit into a ready-made office culture governed by unwritten rules. Our identities, which transcend across race, gender, marital status, sexuality, education and economic background, are not to be considered acceptable fodder for a politically-correct workplace environment.
SHERREL DORSEY
"Bringing Your 'Whole Self' to Work Is Harder Than It Sounds", Triple Pundit, February 1, 2016
Online and on-demand work is changing the way an increasingly large chunk of the population puts money in their pockets, opening up new opportunities for professionals to work from home or connect with local opportunities using an app. Businesses benefit by being able to outsource work to people across the world and employees benefit by being able to make money on their own terms.
CYNTHIA JOHNSON
"8 Companies Shaping the Future of the Booming Online Work Economy", Entrepreneur, February 10, 2016