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Work Quotes by George Washington
- An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.
- Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my…
- The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state…
- Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under…
- [T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.
- It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people,…
- The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings,…
- They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great…
- O most glorious God ... Direct my thoughts, words and work, wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my…
- The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint efforts and common dangers, sufferings, and successes.
- Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach