Quotations on Work
Nothing is really work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
-James Matthew Barrie
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
-Robert Frost
None of my inventions came by accident. They came by work.
-Thomas Edison
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
-Thomas Edison
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
-Indira Gandhi
Work while you work. Play while you play. One thing each time, that is the way. All that you do. Do with your might. Things done by halves are not done right.
-Anonymous
I don't like work - no man does - but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself.
-Joseph Conrad
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plan to leave the house building business and live a more fulfilling life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the onl y life you will ever build. Even if you live in it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. YOUR LIFE TOMORROW WILL BE THE RESULT OF YOUR ATTITUDES AND THE CHOICES YOU MAKE TODAY.

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The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.
-Garth Hendrichs
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first is unpleasant and ill-paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.
-Bertrand Russell
My work is a game, a very serious game.
-M.C. Escher
The three best things to in the world to watch are fire, water, and other people working.
-Vladimir Bobov
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
-Arnold Toynbee
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
-Robert Benchley
One must, however, not just work hard. One must work smart. As the saying goes, the efficient person gets the job done right; the effective person gets the right job done.
-Rogers McWilliams
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.
-John Ruskin

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