Quotes about Work
Anything that makes us forget who we are and what we want; that way we can work in order to produce, reproduce, and earn money.
— Paulo Coelho
We live not to ourselves, our work is life.
— Philip James Bailey
Joy in one's work is the consummate tool.
— Phillips Brooks
Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons
— Pope John Paul II
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
— Pope John Paul II
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
— Publilius Syrus
The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.
— Octavia Butler
Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.
— Oprah Winfrey
To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.
— Oscar Wilde
The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.
— Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.
— Oswald Chambers
Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson