Work Quotes

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.”

-- Barack Obama

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”

-- Thomas A. Edison

“I think the best place to work in football is England.”

-- Jose Mourinho

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”

-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.”

-- Pearl S. Buck

“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”

-- Herman Melville

“Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.”

-- Walter Annenberg

“The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.”

-- Stephen Covey

“From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.”

-- Cesar Chavez

“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”

-- Andre Gide