Work Quotes

“There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.”

-- Mother Teresa

“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.”

-- Robert Fulghum

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

-- Aristotle

“Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.”

-- Byron Dorgan

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”

-- Leonardo da Vinci

“When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.”

-- Calvin Coolidge

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”

-- John D. Rockefeller

“I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun.”

-- Ellen DeGeneres

“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.”

-- John Ruskin

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.”

-- Elbert Hubbard