Work Quotes

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.