Work Quotes

The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.

22485 quotes

L
"I never wanted to be famous—I just wanted to work."
Lucille Ball
L
"Work is love made visible."
Lucille Ball
R
"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
Red Skelton
R
"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."
Red Skelton
W
"I believe a man's got to do what he's got to do, to do what he wants to do later."
W.C. Fields
W
"I never work before lunch. I just dawdle about."
W.C. Fields
W
"The human race is divided into two classes: those who work and those who don't."
W.C. Fields
"Hard work beats talent when talent isn't working"
Laurel and Hardy
"Work hard, play hard"
Laurel and Hardy
B
"Work is the medicine for a troubled soul."
Buster Keaton
B
"Work without joy is merely labor; add purpose and it becomes art."
Buster Keaton
A
"Work is love made visible."
Aaron Beck
"Work hard, play harder, and always stick together."
Laurel and Hardy
"Honest work builds honest character."
Laurel and Hardy
"Work becomes play when you're with the right people."
Laurel and Hardy
B
"I had gags which required 14 takes to get them right."
Buster Keaton
B
"I am a businessman first, an artist second."
Buster Keaton
B
"Work is the only thing that has ever made me happy."
Buster Keaton
B
"I never sought fame, only craft."
Buster Keaton
B
"You must love what you do or stop doing it."
Buster Keaton
B
"I made pictures for the people, not the critics."
Buster Keaton
B
"The best performances require the most preparation."
Buster Keaton
"Work is essential to human happiness."
Albert Ellis
N
"Work should feed both the body and the soul."
Nancy Cantor
N
"Good work is work that matters to our souls and communities."
Nancy Cantor
W
"The worst thing about work is that it interferes with your leisure."
W.C. Fields
W
"I've always believed that hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance?"
W.C. Fields
W
"I would never want to be a quitter, but I'd hate even more to be a ceaseless worker."
W.C. Fields
B
"Work is where meaning lives; do it with purpose or don't do it at all."
Buster Keaton
B
"Work with intention or don't work at all."
Buster Keaton