“ A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day. ”
- Albert Schweitzer- Copy
“ Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. ”
- Anatole France- Copy
“ One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
“ It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies. ”
- Bette Davis- Copy
“ We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many people who work without living. ”
- Charles Reynolds Brown- Copy
“ At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them. ”
- Daniel Akst- Copy
“ Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos. ”
- Diane Ackerman- Copy
“ When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' ”
- Don Marquis- Copy
“ A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. ”
- Dorothy L. Sayers- Copy
“ Folks who never do more than their paid for, never get paid for any more than they do. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
“ Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
“ Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. ”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning- Copy
“ A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working. ”
- Frank Lloyd Wright- Copy
“ Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place. ”
- Hal Lancaster- Copy
“ One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act. ”
- Hannah More- Copy
“ I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. ”
- Helen Keller- Copy
“ Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. ”
- Henri Matisse- Copy
“ Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. ”
- Henri Frederic Amiel- Copy
“ Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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