Quotes about Work
Hard work, says the Scottish proverb, never killed a man.
— David Ogilvy
Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.
— David Ogilvy
Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.
— David Ogilvy
Marriage is more about work than about divine luck, more about finding someone to love than about finding someone to meet your own laundry list of personal needs.
— Mark Gungor
You can create a climate for him according to your attitude, and this is part of your job as a wife. The home you make and the atmosphere of that home is the world he comes back to from the world of his work. Let it be a place of beauty and peace.
— Elisabeth Elliot
There is, in fact, no redemptive work done anywhere without suffering.
— Elisabeth Elliot
It is not the level of our spirituality that we can depend on. It is God and nothing less than God, for the work is God's and the call is God's and everything is summoned by Him and to His purposes, the whole scene, the whole mess, the whole package—our bravery and our cowardice, our love and our selfishness, our strengths and our weaknesses.
— Elisabeth Elliot
One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.
— Elizabeth George
When you choose to work with a willing, happy heart, you become a beautiful source of joy to all.
— Elizabeth George
This virtuous and very industrious woman needs physical strength and ability to do the work of her life, the work of love.
— Elizabeth George
Imagine placing God foremost in your heart each morning and striking out on His path for your day, deliberately living for Him. As you commit yourself to God each day, He will work in your heart!
— Elizabeth George
In reality, I am more a professor, one who reflects and mediates on spiritual questions. Practical governance is not my strong point, and this is certainly a weakness. But I do not see myself as a failure. For eight years, I carried out my work.
— Pope Benedict XVI