Work quotes

It's the job that's never started as takes the longest to …It's the job that's never started as takes the longest to finish.

Success Wisdom Action

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, …Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

Funny People

Dreams don't work unless you take …Dreams don't work unless you take action.

Dreams Truth Reality Action

If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still …If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.

Funny

If 'A' is a success in life, then 'A' equals 'x' plus 'y' plus 'z'. Work is 'x'; 'y' is play; and …If 'A' is a success in life, then 'A' equals 'x' plus 'y' plus 'z'. Work is 'x'; 'y' is play; and 'z' is keeping your mouth shut

Funny Life Success

Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, …Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.

Politics Science Knowledge Morality

The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the …The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.

Humor

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of …I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it

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

Education Life Knowledge Advice

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and …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.

Life

For work not to be an entangling but a liberating process, it should be towards creating something …For work not to be an entangling but a liberating process, it should be towards creating something beautiful for someone else

Life Liberation

Actionlessness is not attained simply by avoiding actions. By forsaking work no one reaches …Actionlessness is not attained simply by avoiding actions. By forsaking work no one reaches perfection.

Action Bhagavad gita






Life + Work quotes

Life Quotes
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around …In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you

Life

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

Life Short Art

People started this philosophy, 'Thank God its Friday!' If you are not enjoying what you are doing …People started this philosophy, 'Thank God its Friday!' If you are not enjoying what you are doing five days a week, then why are you doing it? It's a very brief life

Life Philosophy Perspective People

The most important thing in life is balance. If there is no balance, your own body and mind will …The most important thing in life is balance. If there is no balance, your own body and mind will work against you

Life Wisdom

Most people think, “this is work”, “that is life”. That means a large part of your life is not …Most people think, “this is work”, “that is life”. That means a large part of your life is not life

Life Wisdom People

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

Life Poetry Short

Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand …Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

Life Love Understanding Reading

I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected …I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it.

Life Humor

If this inner space is not there, life's activity can slowly catch you up in such a way that for …If this inner space is not there, life's activity can slowly catch you up in such a way that for lot of people the very professions they started with great passion, after some time, it's killing them

Life Passion

Throw yourself into your love affair and die into it. Something will happen. Something worthwhile …Throw yourself into your love affair and die into it. Something will happen. Something worthwhile will happen if you're willing to die into the process, not just anything - whether it's your work or your life or your love or whatever, if you do not know how to throw your entire self into it, you will never know the taste of what it is

Life Love

If your work is not your life, please don't do …If your work is not your life, please don't do it

Life Short

There is no need to do what others are doing. You must do what truly matters to …There is no need to do what others are doing. You must do what truly matters to you

Life Short

Regardless of where your home and work are, cut out luxuries, buy less expensive clothes, supply …Regardless of where your home and work are, cut out luxuries, buy less expensive clothes, supply yourself with things you really need, grow your own food, and put money aside regularly for greater security.

Life Money Food



Short + Work quotes

Short Quotes
Out of clutter, find …Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Short

Nothing is really 'work', unless you would rather be doing something …Nothing is really 'work', unless you would rather be doing something else.

Short Perspective

If your relaxation is not of good quality, your work will not be of good …If your relaxation is not of good quality, your work will not be of good quality.

Short

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force …Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them

Short

When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really …When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.

Short

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without …The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Short

The beginning is the most important part of the …The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Short

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find …Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

Short Success

Play is the work of the …Play is the work of the child.

Short Children

You earn a living to live well, not to kill yourself with …You earn a living to live well, not to kill yourself with stress

Short Money

Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the …Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?

Short

Work is worthwhile only if it touches …Work is worthwhile only if it touches lives

Short Humanity

Do their work if you have to, but don't forget to eventually do …Do their work if you have to, but don't forget to eventually do yours.

Short



All Work Quotes


Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have …Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Humor Opinion

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to …Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Humor Writer Writing

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards …If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

Desire Inspirational

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

Inspirational

Work without love is …Work without love is slavery.

Love Short

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like …We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work

Opportunity Short

All happiness depends on courage and …All happiness depends on courage and work.

Courage Happiness Short

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

Funny Short Humor

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without …Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Happiness Inspirational Responsibility Action

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are …Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Happiness Love Success

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the …We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Inspirational

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an …He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

Heart Short

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll …The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

Inspirational

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their …In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

People

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and …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.

Family Life Advice Thinking

I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now …I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.

Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools …Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

Inspirational Time Action

If you do something for your child it's a joy. If you do something for the child on the street, …If you do something for your child it's a joy. If you do something for the child on the street, it's your duty that you're fulfilling. When your heart is barren, when your heart is bereft of love, then only you can perform duty.

Heart Love Action Joy

If your work is an expression of your joyfulness, whether recognition or no recognition, what does …If your work is an expression of your joyfulness, whether recognition or no recognition, what does it matter?

Happiness Positive Attitude Joy

If you are doing your best and enjoy doing your best, what's the problem with life? How many rupees …If you are doing your best and enjoy doing your best, what's the problem with life? How many rupees or dollars you have in your pocket won't make any difference.

Happiness Life Money Problems

Those who are moderate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regulated in sleep, and …Those who are moderate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regulated in sleep, and remain awake will attain 'yoga'- the destroyer of suffering.

Yoga Bhagavad gita

When you leave your work for the day, forget it; do not pick it up mentally and carry it home with …When you leave your work for the day, forget it; do not pick it up mentally and carry it home with you

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go …I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

Humor Writing

The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in …The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.

Freedom Life Fear Humans

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd …My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

Humor

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible …A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Thought Man

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering …Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.

Dreams Love Women Romance

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same …If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Women

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves …There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Love Time Passion Art

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in …I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

Religion

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to …Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

Heart Soul

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average …Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your …I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.

Reality

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard …People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Inspirational Success People

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will …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.'

Humor

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the …A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

Advice

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want …If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

Inspirational Success

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our …We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Passion Art

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the …Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine

Advice Meditation

Stress isn't because of the nature of your work, you go & ask a Peon, he is stressful. You ask the …Stress isn't because of the nature of your work, you go & ask a Peon, he is stressful. You ask the Prime Minister, he is stressful. In between everybody is stressful. So which job is not stressful? It is not the job which is stressful; it is you who is stressful. Job is never stressful, It is just that your mind is not taking instructions from you

Mind

Everybody wants a solution. Solutions will not come without realizing the nature of the problem, …Everybody wants a solution. Solutions will not come without realizing the nature of the problem, nobody wants to look at the mechanics of how the mind functions. Once in a way something may work, that's not the point. But those are accidental happenings. That is not a solution.

Problems Mind

Being a leader is like being a captain of a ship. If you are the captain of the ship, you don't …Being a leader is like being a captain of a ship. If you are the captain of the ship, you don't have to do the hard work that the crew is doing but you must be able to chart out a successful path. You must be able to see everything that is there right now & you must be able to foresee that which cannot be seen right now

Success

You need to look at why you want a break from work. If you were doing something that you truly care …You need to look at why you want a break from work. If you were doing something that you truly care about, would you want a break?

Philosophy Truth Witty

Your marriage, relationships work to the extent you are willing to involve and give yourself to the …Your marriage, relationships work to the extent you are willing to involve and give yourself to the process

Marriage Relationship

Unless there is involvement in what you do, and it means a lot to you, your work is just a waste of …Unless there is involvement in what you do, and it means a lot to you, your work is just a waste of time and life for yourself and everybody else

Philosophy Wisdom

How come a lot of people do not enjoy the week - only the weekend? Simply because they are doing …How come a lot of people do not enjoy the week - only the weekend? Simply because they are doing things only to earn a living; it does not mean a damn thing to them.

Perspective People

Volunteering is a tremendous possibility to offer yourself through your …Volunteering is a tremendous possibility to offer yourself through your work

Normally, whatever little work you have to do, calculations are there: 'How much should I do? Why …Normally, whatever little work you have to do, calculations are there: "How much should I do? Why should I do this? what will I get out of this?" with these calculations, all the beauty of doing is gone. With these calculations, the very process of life has become ugly.

Beauty

Only when players enjoy playing can they perform their best (not when play becomes …Only when players enjoy playing can they perform their best (not when play becomes work)

Inspirational Short

If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a …If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a day

Work must be done as a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord; otherwise, work causes bondage in this …Work must be done as a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord; otherwise, work causes bondage in this material world.

Bhagavad gita

One minute was enough... A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the …One minute was enough... A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

Moment

Never ever has anything worked for anybody by doing all the wrong things. Unless you do the right …Never ever has anything worked for anybody by doing all the wrong things. Unless you do the right things, right things do not happen to you at all.

Success

your work is not life, your family is not life, your career is not life, your cinema is not life, …your work is not life, your family is not life, your career is not life, your cinema is not life, your thought is not life, your emotion is not life. Life is happening here, everything else is accessories to life.

Family Life Emotions Thought

What is possible and what is not is not your business. Nature will decide this. Your business is …What is possible and what is not is not your business. Nature will decide this. Your business is just to work for what truly matters to you

Nature Effort

Whatever work needs to be done, whatever opportunity comes your way, whatever you have to share - …Whatever work needs to be done, whatever opportunity comes your way, whatever you have to share - this is the time, not tomorrow.

Opportunity Time

You will be remembered for your best work, but followed for your …You will be remembered for your best work, but followed for your average.

If the work doesn't require creativity, delegate it, automate it, or leave …If the work doesn't require creativity, delegate it, automate it, or leave it.

The part of your work that's new every time is the craft. The part that's the same every time is …The part of your work that's new every time is the craft. The part that's the same every time is the toil.

Working with who you want to work with, on what you want to work on, is actually just …Working with who you want to work with, on what you want to work on, is actually just play.

The biggest advantage of working remotely is that you no longer have to pretend to work 60 hours a …The biggest advantage of working remotely is that you no longer have to pretend to work 60 hours a week.

For knowledge work, time spent has little to do with value created and the forty hour workweek is …For knowledge work, time spent has little to do with value created and the forty hour workweek is anachronistic nonsense.

Knowledge

Software is just an idea that can do work outside of the human brain. Ideas are impossible to ban …Software is just an idea that can do work outside of the human brain. Ideas are impossible to ban or effectively regulate.

Idea

You must learn to work without desire, and to live in this world without …You must learn to work without desire, and to live in this world without attachment.

Desire Life World

All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks …All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth

Growth Honesty

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary time …Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary time and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.

God Meditation