Work Quotes
“It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.”
“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”
-- Dale Carnegie
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”
-- Rumi
“Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”
-- Chanakya
“Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.”
-- Alice Hoffman
“Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.”
-- Thomas Carlyle
“I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.”
-- Tony Shalhoub