Quotes about Work
I believe that in every person is a kind of circuit which resonates to intellectual discovery-and the idea is to make that resonance work
— Carl Sagan
Shall we speak of the inspiration of a poet or a priest, and not of the heart impelled by love and self-devotion to the lowliest work in the lowliest way of life?
— Charles Dickens
While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.
— Clay Aiken
I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
— Dick Cheney
Ordinary work, which is what most of us do, most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary.
— Elisabeth Elliot
A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.
— Erwin McManus
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
— Francis Chan
None of the films I've done was designed for a mass audience, except for 'Indiana Jones.' Nobody in their right mind thought 'American Graffiti' or 'Star Wars' would work.
— George Lucas
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
— GK Chesterton
Perform your job better than anyone else can. That's the best job security I know.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man's art would also be wild or natural in a good sense.
— Henry David Thoreau
Every man is better for a period of work under the open sky.
— Henry Ford