Do The Work Quotes

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

All people interested in their work are liable to overrate their vocation. There may be makers of dolls' eyes who wonder how society would go on without them.

If all men labored hard every hour of the twenty-four, they could not do all the work of the world.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.

When it comes to work, there are many who will stop at nothing.

God is always at work around you.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

I don't expect to retire. Every man must work, that's his natural destiny.

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.

The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.

I just want to work with people, so I always try to find a way to collaborate in the best way for the music.

If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.

Donald Trump really believes that the more you help wealthy people, the better off we'll be and that everything will work out from there.

I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven's late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin's piano music when I work.

I don't watch daytime television, I have a job, I work and, you know, I think daytime television is really for women.

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

I perceive my limitations even as I work. There are times when I see nothing but restrictions, barriers. Learning takes time.

Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.

It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no substitute.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

I only want my work to make people happy.

Remember technology does not make good work. You can still write a poem on a brown paper bag, and haiku is just as profound as the pyramids.

Put your weird in your work!

We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

I was raised to work for my father when I was four.

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone.

We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards.

I try to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so they feel open participation.

When you're reading the Word of God, you need to let it soak in and let God speak to your heart and let the Holy Spirit work.

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.

God’s plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don’t understand.

Only about half of all commercials actually work.

People must work things out for themselves. It is no good saying, "I have found a house which suits me and therefore everybody must adopt the same kind of house."

Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.

The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula.

I work like a gardener.

When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work.

Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.

As long as there is a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.