Do The Work Quotes

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed

Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

Do thine own task, and be therewith content.

Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.

It takes courage to look like an idiot possibly and fall and fail but that's what it takes to learn to succeed so you have to be willing to practice or rehearse to work your risk muscle.

To never aspire to excellence means to never fully comprehend the amount of work required to achieve it.

When I finish a sentence, after much labor, it's finished. A certain point comes at which you can't do any more work on it because you know it will kill the sentence.

All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside of myself.

I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them.

I think it's important to focus on our economy, on jobs, on getting America back to work.

The one thing that makes 'Torchwood' work so brilliantly and makes it a little bit above the rest of all other sci-fi dramas out there is that we have a sense of humour.

I trust the [series] writers when I'm filming, because it's interesting for me to go in every week and see what's going to happen, and the challenge for me as the actor is to make it work.

Work is no longer challenging.

A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to construct an event in itself.

I think that what happens in my poetic work in the future will depend on my being knocked in the face, and thrown flat, and given cancer, and all kinds of other things short of senile dementia.

How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?

There are always forces at work in a society, which are really forces of censorship - either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film.

Yes, for most people nowadays television is their only contact with the world beyond their work.

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.

Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.

Imagine, 24 pages of superhero adventures produced by the same writer and artist every month!! How did they do it? (What? By being professional about it? But that's too much like work!)

It's better to work with a nice category containing some nasty objects, than a nasty category containing only nice objects.

Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

I tried to write the book [Today Matters] with integrity and say, health is one of my daily dozen, and I work on it, but I don't have this right.

I think the hardest thing for a person is to know what those twelve things are that they need to work on that will bring the return of success to their life.

Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action ,you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

My work became an exploration of non-intention.

If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.

An artist conscientiously moves in a direction which for some good reason he takes, putting one work in front of the other with the hope he'll arrive before death overtakes him.

A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection.

Because the will renewed is the Lord's work, it is wrongly attributed to man that he obeys prevenient grace with his will as attendant.

I wanted to remain a technical adviser for Id, but it just didn't work out. Probably for the best, as the divided focus was challenging.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

When you think something is cool already, it's okay to put in an honest day's work.

It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.

With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing.