Work Quotes

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is much more fun than fun.

What you are will show in what you do.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

We work to become, not to acquire.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.