Work Quotes

"You will derive the greatest delight from surrender to duty."

"It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?"

"Work without attachment brings peace."

"I love him who works and invents, that he may build the house of the Übermensch and prepare for it the earth."

"Every man looks at his wood-pile with a kind of affection."

"The youth may build or plant or sail only for half a year is free, and the rest of the year he must work."

"The business man was so absorbed in his figures that he did not even raise his head."

"Do what you have to do, and do it willingly."

"The web is my whole life"

"I like to save my energies and work nights"

"Do nothing because of rivalry or because of hope for reward; do everything because of duty."

"The most important thing is the work of transforming the world."

"Every man looks at his wood-pile with a kind of affection."

"The farmer is endeavoring to solve the problem of livelihood by the same method that the lawyer uses to get rich."

"Sleep is a state in which a man shuts his eyes and forgets his work."

"What a waste it is to do nothing all day."

"Everything you want in life has a price"

"Invention, my dear friends, is ninety-three percent perspiration, six percent electricity, four percent evaporation, and two percent butterscotch ripple."

"I do insist on doing all my own cooking."

"The best thing you can do is make yourself as useful as possible."

"I believe in putting my whole soul into my work."

"If you will send for me tomorrow I will come back and do my work again."

"Invention, my dear friends, is ninety-three percent perspiration, four percent inspiration, and three percent transpiration"

"My workers are most content because they are doing what they love"

"Three farthings a day, and jam every other day."

"The Oompa-Loompas work for cocoa beans."

"I'm not a bit afraid of hard work when there's a purpose in it."

"No time for mysteries. We have a factory to show."

"There is no time for that foolishness."

"The Oompa-Loompas work for cocoa beans."