Work Quotes

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”

-- Fred Rogers

“See, winners embrace hard work.”

-- Lou Holtz

“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group there is less competition there.”

-- Indira Gandhi

“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”

-- Vincent Van Gogh

“I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many the camera alone would be enough.”

-- Alfred Eisenstaedt

“Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.”

-- Florence Scovel Shinn

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

-- C. Northcote Parkinson

“Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.”

-- Constantin Brancusi

“I don't think I am evangelical in my work.”

-- J. K. Rowling

“I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.”

-- Drew Brees