Work Quotes

My happiest days are those in which I do good work.

A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.

Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one guiding clue in the darkness was his work, and he clutched it and clung to it with all his strength.

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

Where there is a man who does not labor because another is compelled to work for him, there slavery is.

The capitalist buys labour-power in order to use it; and labour-power in use is labour itself. The purchaser of labour-power consumes it by setting the seller of it to work.

Work is external to the worker. . . . It is not part of his nature; consequently he does not fulfill himself in his work but denies himself. . . . The worker therefore feels himself at home only during his leisure time, whereas at work he feels homeless.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active. That is why it is necessary to happiness that one should be tired.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. Work hard.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

Once you start working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small.