work Quotes

"People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results."

"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."

"The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest."

"The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working. Work. There is nothing else."

"Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work."

"Work is the only thing that gives substance to life."

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"

"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."

"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."