Quotes about Work

The only Christian work is good work well done.

Foster never did anything that was not absolutely correct; this, perhaps, was his real weakness, for it meant that he lacked imagination, both in his work and in handling the men under him.

I go; but feed my sheep; for Me the Sabbath at the long week's close--for you the task; for you the tongues of fire. Thus shalt thou know the Master Architect, who plans so well, He may depart and leave the work to others.

That a work of creation struggles and insistently demands to be brought into being is a fact that no genuine artist would think of denying.

None but those who work are entitled to eat.

For if this commission is behind us in Christian work, remember, always we are sent out to be exceptional in ordinary things, among sometimes mean people, in frequently sordid surroundings. Only the man sent by the King of kings could take that, and only the man with a true burden will ever accept it.

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.

Marriage is work, Cora, I'm not going to lie. It's glorious some days and not so much on others.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.

That man is idle who can do something better.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.