Will To Work Quotes

At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.

There is a branding influence on my work. But there's nothing really new about people as brands. The only difference is the scale and exposure.

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself.

The only pictorial matter that is of interest to me is the matter and sentiments brought about by the work itself.

I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

I work with whatever mediums seems best suited to evoking the sorts of thoughts and emotions I am interested in playing with.

I would say my work is anti-ironic.

Melbourne is a fantastic place to work, but it's not the centre of the world.

With competition there is always ego and hubris... competition gets in the way of work.

I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.

I can't miss a night's work and let my public down.

An artist wears his work in place of wounds.

I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.

Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.

Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of.

Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.

I never take drugs. I took ecstasy when I was in Ibiza once, but it didn't work for me. I think I was already on ecstasy when I was born.

I know I wanted to be with somebody and have children. My heart comes before my work.

Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.

When you really have the preparation time and things start taking the shape that they need, you have a beautiful feeling that comes from the hard work.

As with every phenomenon of the objective universe, the first step toward understanding work is to analyze it.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.

And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.

Make your work your play and your play your work.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty.

What I've learnt is never to work with the person you are in a relationship with because sometimes you need a break.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

I am just a hard-working 23-year-old. When Maxim asked me to be on their cover, I was quite surprised. Of course, I was happy about it.

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I will work when failures seek rest.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?

The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me.

It is much easier to do something than to trust in God. That is why there are so few fellow workers with God and so many workers for Him. We would far rather work for God than believe in Him.

There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work.

Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.

It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

It would be so much easier if there were a secret password, or handshake. Netherworld, open sesame! Yeah, that didn't work, either.

Somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work. Help me in saying it, to understand it.