“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
Work takes up most of your waking hours, which is why it matters whether you find meaning in it. These quotes cover careers, hustle, burnout, passion, and the search for a balance between making a living and making a life.
“O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.”
“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
“You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.”
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”
“The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.”
“I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.”
“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”
“Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.”
“We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
“The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.”
“My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.”
“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”
“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
“The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.”
“Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”