Quotes by Work A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s. Daniel Yankelovich work character america It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains. Danilo Dolci important work moving The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness. Dante Alighieri purpose work life Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's ass every day. Darrell Royal shine-on dog work You should not confuse your career with your life. Dave Barry careers farewell work You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true that if you step up to the plate worrying that you're going to strike out, the odds are that you're going to strike out. Not doing a large ambitious work because you're convinced that Danger Lurks Around Every Corner, the old 'I might be dead this time next year,' is a waste of the Inner Radiance that found you. It's like life insurance. It's betting against yourself. It's blowing out your own flame before someone beats you to it. Dave Sim odds work life Basically, I’m not interested in doing research and I never have been... I’m interested in understanding, which is quite a different thing. And often to understand something you have to work it out yourself because no one else has done it. David Blackwell understanding work inspirational I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out. David Duval work stuff trying Many older wealthy families have learned to instill a sense of public service in their offspring. But newly affluent middle-classparents have not acquired this skill. We are using our children as symbols of leisure-class standing without building in safeguards against an overweening sense of entitlement--a sense of entitlement that may incline some young people more toward the good life than toward the hard work that, for most of us, makes the good life possible. David Elkind good-life work children Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other. David Frost work inspirational two My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her. David Geffen business mother work It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. David Hockney fake-people work believe One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it David Hilbert work math science Unemployment, with its injustice for the man who seeks and thirsts for employment, who begs for labour and cannot get it, and who is punished for failure he is not responsible for by the starvation of his children--that torture is something that private enterprise ought to remedy for its own sake. David Lloyd George work men children No other success can compensate for failure in the home. The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity that any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles. David O. McKay family work home Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! David O. McKay work inspirational love So much of what happened to me is good fortune. But I would say: Try to get a job that gives you some time; get your sleep and a little bit of food; and work as much as you can. There's so much enjoyment in doing what you love. Maybe this will open doors, and you'll find a way to do what you love. David Lynch work sleep jobs The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years. David Ogilvy careers work years Though top executives may work as hard as ever-in part perhaps because, being trained in an earlier day, they can hardly help doing so-their subordinates are somewhat less work-minded. David Riesman work may helping The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work. David Riesman artist work class «1819202122232425262728»