Quotes about Work
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.
— Henry Ward Beecher
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be.
— Hillary Clinton
I have no plans to say or do anything about The Clinton Foundation other than to say how proud I am of it and that I think for the good of the world, its work should continue.
— Hillary Clinton
The worst days of darkness through which I have ever passed have been greatly alleviated by throwing myself with all my energy into some work relating to others.
— James A. Garfield
the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
— John Maxwell
We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.
— John Calvin
In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction as well as my own studies.
— J. Gresham Machen
The work under our labour grows, luxurious by restraint.
— John Milton
Hide me from day's garish eye, while the bee with honied thigh, that at her flowery work doth sing, and the waters murmuring with such consort as they keep, entice the dewy-feathered sleep.
— John Milton