Work Quotes - Page 3

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.

I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.

Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.

I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.

Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet house, then you got to have a job you don't like. Great. This is the way ninety-eight-point-nine per cent of the people work things out, so believe me, buddy, you've got nothing to apologize for.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.

We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.