Work Quotes

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

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"Fortunes are built on foundations of hard work and determination."
Elbert Gary
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Elbert Gary
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"Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind."
Whiting Williams
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"The only way to do great work is to care deeply about it."
Whiting Williams
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"Work is worship if done with the right intention."
Whiting Williams
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"The man who builds a factory builds a temple, and the man who works there worships there."
George M. Pullman
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"The principal object of a management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Soldiering is the greatest evil with which we are now afflicted."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Cooperation, not competition, should be the foundation of all business relations."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The workman who is incapable of doing what is required has no right to the position."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"System is the soul of business."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The duty of the employer is to organize and manage."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Standardization brings harmony and reduces confusion."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The remedy for hard times is not less work but more organization."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Each man must be fitted to his work as a key to a lock."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"The man who builds a factory builds a temple, and the man who works there worships there."
James B. Duke
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"The greatest reward for labor is not the wages, but the dignity of work itself."
James B. Duke
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"I have discovered that the best workers are those who understand the purpose of their work."
James B. Duke
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"Every profession demands a deep understanding of human nature and motivation."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"The worker and the work are inseparable; understand one, understand the other."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"Happiness in work comes from alignment between ability, task, and purpose."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"The work of the mind is never truly finished."
William H. McCallum
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"Work that matters is work that changes lives."
William H. McCallum
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"The employer generally gets the employees he deserves."
Charles Schwab
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"A business which makes nothing but money is a poor business."
Charles Schwab
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"One of the saddest things is that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work."
Charles Schwab
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"Don't be afraid of hard work, for it is the price of success."
Charles Schwab
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"Do your work with all your heart and you will do well."
Charles Schwab
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"One of the marked differences between successful and unsuccessful people is that the successful person is always willing to do a little more."
Charles Schwab
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"Business is not a game of chance; it is a game of skill and judgment."
Elbert Gary