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.”
“The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.”
-- John Ruskin
“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.”
-- E. W. Howe
“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.”
-- Michael Jackson
“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.”
-- Sam Ewing
“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
-- Bette Davis