1
Find the best quotations and citations on professions and work.
Quote 3169
Man lives for science as well as bread.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: interest science duty eat and drink necessity
Quote 3167
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: history temperament progress
Quote 3138
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 3137
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: value money performance
Quote 3136
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: performance opinion critism
Quote 3129
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: ability calm thoughts pressure protection refuge
Quote 3104
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: critism intelligence possession mind appreciation
Quote 3089
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless seaShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: desires intentions work traveling teaching
Quote 3036
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure headShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: leadership weakness superficiality performance example
Quote 3029
A man always has two reasons for doing anything, a good reason and the real reason.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: reason decision action reality causes
Quote 3017
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: blessing work satisfaction heart passion duty distraction
Quote 3011
We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurryShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2990
If I’d listened to my consumers, I’d have given them a faster horseShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: attention performance progress advice
Quote 2978
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts – for support rather than illumination.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: support
Quote 2908
Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: practice habit rules indifference
Quote 2876
Those who never have time do leastShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: time pressure superficiality work performance
Quote 2871
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies himShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: force dependence work errors
Quote 2859
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quicklyShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: progress science desires impatience handicap
Quote 2835
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving earlyShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: time compensation work indifference
Quote 2832
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: action attention disappointment nosiness interest
Quote 2830
Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my lifeShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: separation pleasure work indifference adventure habit knowledge
Quote 2813
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2811
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sidesShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: justice opinion understanding mind judgment
Quote 2791
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention spanShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: culture destruction intentions attention
Quote 2769
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconsciousShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: awareness conviction self-knowledge knowledge
Quote 2763
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thoughtShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: ideas action thoughts effort surprise
Quote 2702
Philosophy will clip an angel's wingsShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2697
Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bidShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: money ideas mind business superficiality value worthlessness
Quote 2677
Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us -- but not suckle usShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: living help carefulness support assistence
Quote 2654
To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow studentShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: teaching learning education sense wisdom
Quote 2610
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stoneShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2590
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: history sense property mankind performance
Quote 2587
In science, we must be interested in things, not in personsShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: interest profession performance
Quote 2585
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be doneShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: work duty performance attention superficiality effort
Quote 2582
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: trust perfection performance familiarity
Quote 2576
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no soulsShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2559
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teachingShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: teaching weakness superficiality indifference conviction
Quote 2542
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was aliveShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: attention gossip superficiality living
Quote 2511
To advise is not to compelShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2491
It is better to plan less and do moreShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: thoughts performance work diligence activity
Quote 2490
Do anything rather than give yourself to reverieShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: dreams performance work diligence
Quote 2458
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a lifetime is unraveledShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: falsehood duty lifetime knowledge
Quote 2452
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himselfShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: doubt work value self-development character
Quote 2428
Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentrationShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2424
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: secret success work recognition knowledge help
Quote 2421
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: egoism reward performance respect authority
Quote 2416
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distributionShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: seriousness wisdom property justice
Quote 2408
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itselfShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: duty effort performance future carefulness reward
Quote 2407
And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every departmentShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: law individualism effort power performance business
Quote 2382
The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: duty judgment justice practice time
Quote 2375
We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: fault performance risk losses
Quote 2361
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at allShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: glory merit talent performance art
Quote 2345
Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocksShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: work performance art
Quote 2311
We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to think of ways to make it an economic-development hubShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: creativity progress ideas thoughts development
Quote 2308
I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try somethingShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: decision discouragement accuracy assistence doubt
Quote 2269
Ambition is not what man does... but what man would doShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: ambition work aims intentions
Quote 2261
The first option is almost always covered. That's why the play is designed to create multiple opportunitiesShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: changes opportunity creativity
Quote 2243
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy itShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: secret performance knowledge enjoyment satisfaction
Quote 2228
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youthShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: discovery joy work youth satisfaction
Quote 2226
To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mindShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2141
The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may leadShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 2138
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of natureShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: wisdom knowledge truth facts law nature
Quote 2092
The true method of knowledge is experiment.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: knowledge experience progress learning
Quote 2064
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to createShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: respect worth art knowledge creativity
Quote 2059
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneselfShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: work boredom joy necessity consideration
Quote 1951
The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: power attention perfection performance pressure accuracy superficiality
Quote 1801
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1705
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything elseShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: profession strength ability changes self-development time
Quote 1686
Make crime pay. Become a lawyerShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: crime money law opportunity
Quote 1685
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1682
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sidesShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: law understanding judgment opinion
Quote 1585
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may beShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: support help work music individualism
Quote 1554
Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowanceShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: learning work age earnings self-development
Quote 1520
Work is the curse of the drinking classesShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: work penalty ordinariness
Quote 1519
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: superficiality death soul work
Quote 1517
There is no substitute for hard workShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1515
Every noble work is at first impossibleShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: impossibility work
Quote 1514
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like workShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: opportunity people work indifference superficiality
Quote 1513
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard workShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: effort worth result reward work duty diligence
Quote 1511
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1510
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: chance work worth diligence performance
Quote 1509
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your lifeShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: choice work satisfaction passion lifetime
Quote 1508
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: lifetime violence work character decency
Quote 1486
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great headShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1446
Every artist was first an amateurShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: learning experience art self-development
Quote 1426
By the work one knows the workmanShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: work knowledge perfection
Quote 1333
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfullyShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: wisdom cheerfulness tolerance understanding
Quote 1280
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor businessShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1273
Business is other people's moneyShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1264
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidityShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: weakness stupidity wickedness attention law
Quote 1173
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human raceShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1163
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectableShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1162
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: passion work boredom indifference performance changes
Quote 1160
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defectsShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
Quote 1159
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sellShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: understanding superiority ability
Quote 1157
The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income taxShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: understanding world law
Quote 1156
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinatesShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: punctuality business virtue teaching
Quote 1153
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.Showing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: interest eat and drink expectations
Quote 1152
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doingShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: business fear honesty stupidity risk
Quote 1150
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusionShowing Quotes on Professions and Work
More quotes on the topics: result unity individualism business