Work Quotes

"To work is to pray; to create is to celebrate."

"Work, when done with love, becomes prayer."

"The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relation to society—more specifically to find your work."

"We are obsessed with the pursuit of leisure while the work of the world goes undone."

"The human animal must work to live and should live better by working."

"The work of building a just world is ongoing and belongs to all of us."

"A society that honors only certain forms of work dishonors itself."

"Work is worship when done with love and integrity."

"Work that brings meaning brings joy."

"The worker is not a machine to be oiled and discarded; he is a human being seeking dignity."

"The machinery of industry was designed to maximize profit, not to preserve human dignity."

"Those who work with their hands deserve respect equal to those who work with their minds."

"Work that lacks purpose is merely labor; work with purpose is calling."

"The American writer cannot sit back comfortably in a success."

"There is always something doing in the world if you are doing it."

"Work may be a curse, but idleness is a greater one."

"The years between had been years of incessant toiling; she hardly remembered them."

"We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts."

"The conditions under which people work shape the kind of people they become."

"The men who toil know nothing of the market."

"One must work, or one must fight, or one must shirk."

"A man who will not work can expect little from life."

"The labor we do gladly and with full heart is the labor that makes us happy."

"A housekeeper cannot do all the work her family demands. A human cannot do all the work their conscience demands."

"Work that is worth doing is worth doing well, but not worth sacrificing your humanity for."

"Hard work is the price of success in all fields of endeavor."

"The salvation of the world depends on men learning to do their work as well as they can and not trying to be rich."

"Anything one does every day is important and becomes a real part of you."

"I have always been a big admirer of hard work."

"Work without joy is merely drudgery."