Thought for Today

"I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile."

~~~~~ Walter Chrysler

Thought for Today

"Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work."

~~~~~ John Kluge

Thought for Today

"One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful."

~~~~~ Thomas Arnold

Thought for Today

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt."

~~~~~ Henry J. Kaiser

Thought for Today

"There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start."

~~~~~ Charles Baudelaire

Thought for Today

"No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted."

~~~~~ Olive Schreiner

Thought for Today

"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery."

~~~~~ Maxim Gorky

Thought for Today

"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad."

~~~~~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thought for Today

"Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't."

~~~~~ Thomas S. Monson

Thought for Today

"One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful."

~~~~~ Thomas Arnold

Thought for Today

"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt."

~~~~~ Henry J. Kaiser

Thought for Today

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

~~~~~ Harry Golden

Thought for Today

"Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit."

~~~~~ Helena Rubinstein

Thought for Today

"It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do."

~~~~~ Jerome K. Jerome

Thought for Today

"There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it."

~~~~~ Anthony Trollope

Thought for Today

"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"

~~~~~ J. Paul Getty

Thought for Today

"It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work."

~~~~~ William Faulkner

Thought for Today

"We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight."

~~~~~ Calvin Coolidge