Work Quotes
“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”
-- George Eliot
“I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.”
-- Keith O'Brien
“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”
-- Ray Bradbury
“Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.”
-- Napoleon Hill
“I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!”
-- Harvey Fierstein
“Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.”
-- Lance Armstrong
“All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
-- Tennessee Williams
“To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.”
-- Leo Tolstoy
“Do not wait the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
-- George Herbert
“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn't get a day off.”
-- Demi Lovato
“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”
-- Leonardo da Vinci
“I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.”
-- George W. Bush
“The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.”
-- Thomas Aquinas