Work Quotes
Find meaning and motivation in your career with powerful work quotes from achievers who understood the value of purpose-driven effort and craftsman's dedication.
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“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
“He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did it.”
“Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done.”
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
About work quotes
Most of us spend more waking hours working than doing anything else, so it helps to have a good reason. Khalil Gibran gave one of the most beautiful: “Work is love made visible.” Steve Jobs said work will fill a large part of your life and the only way to be satisfied is “to do what you believe is great work.”
Aristotle thought enjoying a task is what makes the result excellent. Confucius warned that learning without thought is “labour lost.” Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison wrote about the conditions creative work needs and the nerve it takes to start. These quotes suit a Monday morning, a new job or a long project that needs a second wind. Download any of them as an image for your desk or your team.
Frequently asked questions
- Who said “Work is love made visible”?
- Khalil Gibran, in the chapter “On Work” in The Prophet (1923).
- Did Confucius say “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”?
- No such line appears in the Analects. The saying is modern, so it is marked as disputed here.
- What is a good quote about doing great work?
- Steve Jobs: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” (Stanford, 2005)
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