I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. —H.P. Lovecraft More about this quote Tags: work enthusiasm Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “work” The more we do, the more we can do. —William Hazlitt More about this quote Tags: accomplishment work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email During the contest for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination, John F. Kennedy visited a mine in West Virginia. “Is it true you’re the son of one of our wealthiest men?” asked one of the miners there. Kennedy admitted that this was true. “Is it true that you’ve never wanted for anything and had everything you wanted?” “I guess so,” Kennedy replied. “Is it true you’ve never done a day’s work with your hands all your life?” Kennedy nodded. “Well, let me tell you this,” said the miner. “You haven’t missed a thing.” —Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: power work wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you’re rich. If your name is on your desk, you’re middle-class. If your name is on your shirt, you’re poor. —Rich Hall More about this quote Tags: poverty economics work wealth class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. —Thomas Jefferson More about this quote Tags: work luck Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email No group or class should be freed from doing the toil of the culture. One of our current problems is that there are too many people who simply have no idea how much unpleasant, tedious, and repetitive work is required to support their "high-level" activities, and how ineffective they would be without the effort of those they all too often disdain. —Robert Theobold More about this quote Tags: work toil Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The more we do, the more we can do. —William Hazlitt More about this quote Tags: accomplishment work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
During the contest for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination, John F. Kennedy visited a mine in West Virginia. “Is it true you’re the son of one of our wealthiest men?” asked one of the miners there. Kennedy admitted that this was true. “Is it true that you’ve never wanted for anything and had everything you wanted?” “I guess so,” Kennedy replied. “Is it true you’ve never done a day’s work with your hands all your life?” Kennedy nodded. “Well, let me tell you this,” said the miner. “You haven’t missed a thing.” —Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: power work wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you’re rich. If your name is on your desk, you’re middle-class. If your name is on your shirt, you’re poor. —Rich Hall More about this quote Tags: poverty economics work wealth class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. —Thomas Jefferson More about this quote Tags: work luck Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No group or class should be freed from doing the toil of the culture. One of our current problems is that there are too many people who simply have no idea how much unpleasant, tedious, and repetitive work is required to support their "high-level" activities, and how ineffective they would be without the effort of those they all too often disdain. —Robert Theobold More about this quote Tags: work toil Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email