Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"In most of the cases of large machines, the labour cost is not the limiting factor."Alan Turing
"We were not dreamers. We were workers."Wright Brothers
"Hard work beats talent when talent won't work."Wright Brothers
"Work is worship when done with devotion."Wright Brothers
"The conservation of nature is not an optional luxury but a prerequisite for human survival."Rachel Carson
"The preservation of wild places is not an indulgence of the privileged few but a necessity for the survival of all."Rachel Carson
"The true inventor is not the man who merely invents an idea but the one who puts it to practical use."Alexander Graham Bell
"Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest effort in all undertakings."Alexander Graham Bell
"The word 'luck' is a curse for the indolent and their only excuse for being beaten."Alexander Graham Bell
"Waste is a tax on the whole people."George Washington Carver
"There is a great and profound satisfaction in work."George Washington Carver
"I have no sympathy with the idler."George Washington Carver
"Service is the rent that we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, not something you do in your spare time."George Washington Carver
"The world cares very little for what a man 'intends' to do, or what he 'ought' to do. It pays him for what he 'does' do."George Washington Carver
"We haven't the right to consume happiness without producing it any more than we have the right to consume wealth without producing it."George Washington Carver
"Don't do something that someone else can do. Do something only you can do."Grace Hopper
"Modern business must learn to balance profit with purpose."Grace Hopper
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do and believe in it completely."Grace Hopper
"Work with dedication, and success will follow like spring after winter."Gregor Mendel
"Work done with love becomes both art and science."Gregor Mendel
"If the wheels are there, the pedals must be provided."Wright Brothers
"Engineering is applied science mixed with practical thinking."Wright Brothers
"The work of science is the work of love made manifest in understanding."Gregor Mendel
"Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with commonsense."Alan Turing
"The statistical data to be supplied as an input for a machine of this type must be accurate."Alan Turing
"It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy."Alan Turing
"Conversion of the M.U.C. to the M.C.E. involved stripping out all of the old equipment."Alan Turing
"Machines are given their instructions in a very literal manner by their operators."Alan Turing
"You have to be smart about acting. Research the part."Hedy Lamarr
"I believe in the importance of hard work."Hedy Lamarr