Quotes Work
work n.
1 : activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something:
a : sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result
b : the labor, task, or duty that is one's accustomed means of livelihood
c : a specific task, duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger activity
2 : energy expended by natural phenomena
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
"The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time." -Bernard Meltzer
"Nothing will come of nothing." -Shakespeare
"The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts." -Albert Einstein
"There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job." -George Crane
"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work." –Bette Davis
"Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?" -Anna Robertson Brown
"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't." –Martin Van Buren
"One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is better than half-a-hundred half-finished tasks." –B. C. Forbes
"Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down." –William M. Winans
"Always give a hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself." -Tommy John with Dan Valenti, My Twenty-six years in Baseball
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