Professions and Work Quotes

Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God's name!

I was very seldom idle, but having regularly divided my time according to the several daily employments that were before me, such as: first, my duty to God, and the reading the Scriptures.

Zuhause ist, wo ich arbeite, und ich arbeite überall

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully

By the work one knows the workman

Every artist was first an amateur

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

Every noble work is at first impossible

There is no substitute for hard work

Work is the curse of the drinking classes

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides