Work quotes
Quotes about work, effort and vocation. Tap any quote to turn it into a free, ready-to-post visual in 10 seconds.
“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”
“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.”
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”
“Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.”
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“The key to transforming our hearts and minds is to have an understanding of how our thoughts and emotions work.”
“It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.”
“Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.”
“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”
“The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.”
“Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.”
“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”
“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.”
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.”
“A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“It is the quality of our work which will please God, not the quantity.”
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.”
“The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work. When you spend time having fun, you know you're being self-indulgent.”
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.”
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
“Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.”
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
“Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
“I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”
“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”
“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”
“Do more than dream: work.”
“I think the best way to get a good night sleep is to work hard throughout the day. If you work hard and, of course, work out.”