Work Quotes

A job should only be a stepping stone to being your own boss

Working on yourself will reveal a new image of yourself

Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God

Every single aspect of what we do at work comes down to people and managing people, selling to people, working with people or making them do what you want them to do.

When I can no longer create anything I'll be done for.

[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis - only to find that, in order to do so, we must forswear love and excellence, health and joy.(pg. 44, "The Unsettling of America")

The value of your work is not in the dollar. It's in your word.

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

I am not interested in wishing hard and having the Universe provide all I need without any work on my part.

Our minds become slaves to those we see as having total power to control us and to cause pain to us. We are quick to give up control of ourselves to those who have the power to rule us as long as they also have the power to feed us. This is the fundamental construct of a feudal society.

We just philosophize, complain of boredom, or drink vodka. It's so clear, you see, that if we're to begin living in the present, we must first of all redeem our past and then be done with it forever. And the only way we can redeem our past is by suffering and by giving ourselves over to exceptional labor, to steadfast and endless labor.

Getting employment is equivalent to cutting your life into pieces bit by bit

At home I am a man, at work I am a machine.

You can only be fulfilled in life when you achieve your purpose

My worth is not based on the ‘work of my hands’ despite how feverishly I might work and how audaciously successful I might be. Rather, my worth is based exclusively on the astonishing fact that I am the ‘work of God’s hands.

You cannot have a cordial relationship with God when you reject people

Everything diminishes and everything is destructible.

A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.

Take responsibility for the disenfranchised people

Those who are great know a secret that the remaining lot do not know.

Losing your job sets you free from the controlling mandate of your work

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.

When I have fully executed this phase of my life, then I can begin a new chapter.

The moment you try working on what appears difficult to you, you will start noticing it’s loopholes that you can breakthrough.

Greatness is bought with time and so is financial prosperity.

If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for. I trust that I shall never thus sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said:'Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

One day employers will need to incentivize employees to actually work in an office. The office, in many ways, is obsolete. The office is more and more becoming a place for wasteful meetings and the work is actually being done at home. A Results-Only-Work-Environment (ROWE) is the path of future location-independent businesses.

My students should be afraid: choosing what kind of work you'll do to a great extent means choosing who you'll be.

Needs? I guess that is what bothers so many folks. They keep expanding their needs until they are dependent on too many things and too many other people... I wonder how many things in the average American home could be eliminated if the question were asked, "Must I really have this?" I guess most of the extras are chalked up to comfort or saving time.Funny thing about comfort - one man's comfort is another man's misery. Most people do't work hard enough physically anymore, and comfort is not easy to find. It is surprising how comfortable a hard bunk can be after you come down off a mountain.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

My life's work is to help people step into their God-given abilities and make a positive difference in their community.

We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of Christ does secular work. We all have a sacred calling.

Production is the greatest assessment of time well spent

When the thing that your heart strongly loves to do is the thing world hungers and thirsts to see done, then that's what you were called to do. You must never leave it undone!

Couldn't I for once have you and the work at the same time?

As humans, we should be able to answer the question: “What do you do with your time?

When someone says you can't do something because of XYZ, is that true? Or are they playing with your life with their good intentions to keep you safe?

Losing your job gives you the ability to decide what product each unit of your passing life should produce

A lot of people pray for power, house, financial breakthrough, wealth etc. But only few ask God for wisdom. There are so many great power pack man and women of God who lack wisdom.

Would you work for me? I will gush of majesty on your head.

A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.

It's basically a joke." "I think it's cool," Julian says. "It's all about control, right?" He considers something. "It's not a joke. You should take it seriously. I mean, you're also one of the producers--" I cut him off. "Why have you been tracking this?" "It's a big deal and--" "Julian, it's a movie," I say. "Why have you been tracking this? It's just another movie." "Maybe for you." "What does that mean?" "Maybe for others it's something else," Julian says. "Something more meaningful." "I get where you're coming from, but there's a vampire in it.

See God in everyone regardless of who or where they are

After discovering your calling, the next challenge you are faced with is how to maximize your time

Downsizing means you're about to become the guest of honor at a going-away party.

It's very hard to do when you put trust on others capability more than yours.

It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.You cannot give me too much work; to accumulate work has almost become a passion with me: my study is so full of it now, that there is hardly an inch of room for any more. I shall have to throw out a wing soon.And I am careful of my work, too. Why, some of the work that I have by me now has been in my possession for years and years, and there isn’t a finger-mark on it. I take a great pride in my work; I take it down now and then and dust it. No man keeps his work in a better state of preservation than I do.But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share.

When God calls you to build 100 castles on earth and you built 98, take the 99th as if it's the begining of your work and work hard to finish the race with all excellence. Go the extra mile!

I will finish what I have began.

Don't allow yourself to feel guilty about wanting deep and endless love, amazing sex and opportunities that will change your life. Expect these things - work for them and don't ever stop until they're yours.

It is not hard work that is dreary it is superficial work

you are trained for job but you are born to work.Exert then your energy in the right proportion on the most vital matters

A man will have success in the place where he diligently works

Evaluate and assess your life on a daily

As a believer, you need to take responsibility of the Kingdom of God on earth

Once you become delivered, you have to find your calling and how to discover God’s purpose for your life

Tasks don't have to be high-impact to be worthy of high effort. Most things we do in any given day are relatively low impact. The cumulative impact of thousands of low-impact test is huge. These tasks can be transposed into worship.