Work Quotes

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Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill… — Khalil Gibran
You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. — Joan Rivers
As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities,… — Jasper Johns
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety-and -nine which you had to work for, and money won… — Mark Twain
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych… — Lois Lowry
If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world… — Anne Frank
Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. — Vaclav Havel
Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information into all… — Daniel Tammet
The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go… — Clarence Day
There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start. — Charles Baudelaire
The child can only develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experience 'work'. — Maria Montessori
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery… — Maria Montessori
There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union.… — Cesar Chavez
We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the forces that oppose… — Cesar Chavez
I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking… — Cesar Chavez
These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and… — Cesar Chavez
Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness… — Cesar Chavez
When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier,… — Cesar Chavez
Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't… — Cesar Chavez

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