“Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”

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

“Everything considered work is less boring than amusing oneself.”

“Give me a man who sings at his work.”

“If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.”

“The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.”

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.”

“No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me c...”

“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”

“I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.”

“It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done and do it coolly.”