A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Aristotle

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
Erma Bombeck

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Henry David Thoreau

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Henry David Thoreau

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Henry David Thoreau

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?
Henry David Thoreau

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
W. Clement Stone

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
Mitch Hedberg

If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.
Mitch Hedberg

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
Lao Tzu

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."
Lao Tzu

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
Mae West

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!
Coco Chanel