Quotes about Work
If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents.
- Elbert Hubbard
I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.
- Ellen White
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight of the sacredness and importance of the work.
- Ellen White
I don't think I ever owned twenty pencils at one time. Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day's work.
- Ernest Hemingway
You must hold hard to life and do it. But life is a cheap thing beside a man's work. The only thing is that you need it. Hold it tight.
- Ernest Hemingway
To the worker, God himself lends aid.
- Euripides
I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.
- Ezra Taft Benson
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
- Francis Chan
It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience.
- George Eliot
Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.
- George Eliot
Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism [sic] and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference.
- George Eliot