The 70 best work quotes (to motivate yourself).

Here are some great work and professional quotes.

Work is a very important facet in our lives.. Our professional development is closely linked to our self-concept, and having a good atmosphere in the workplace makes us feel valued and motivated.

However, all work is linked to effort and the ability to excel. In a world where resources are limited, training in productive fields is almost the only way to build a better future.

Work Phrases to Motivate Yourself

In today's article we are going to discover different views on the world of work through the best work phrases..

Many thinkers, philosophers and sociologists have written about the goodness and badness of the labor system: here is a good compilation of these ideas.

1. See if the work is so bad that they have to pay you to do it. (Facundo Cabral)

An ironic look at the yoke linked to work responsibility.

Work fast to live slowly. (Montserrat Caballé)

The Catalan soprano singer talks about the ultimate purpose of effort.

Work at something, so that the devil will always find you busy. (St. Jerome)

Christian phrase that can be understood metaphorically.

4. The most productive work is that which comes from the hands of a contented man. (Victor Pauchet)

Having a motivated team is one of the keys that all entrepreneurs should know.

5. It is not enough to work, it is necessary to exhaust oneself every day at work. (Auguste Rodin)

It is the daily effort that raises immense projects.

6. If the whole year were a holiday, to have fun would be more boring than to work. (William Shakespeare)

On leisure, the more beloved the more it is longed for.

7. Some say that hard work has killed no one, but I say to myself, why take the risk? (Ronald Reagan)

A lazy phrase.

8. I trust in work more than in luck. (Latin proverb)

Luck doesn't come by itself; it must catch you working hard.

9. Work! If you don't need it for food, you need it for medicine. (William Penn)

The benefits of working are not limited to the economic.

10. The horizon is black, the storm threatens; let us work. This is the only remedy for the evil of the century. (André Maurois)

Not giving in to pessimism is the best antidote for a decadent life.

11. It is through work that woman has been able to bridge the distance that separates her from man. Work is the only thing that can guarantee you complete freedom. (Simone de Beauvoir)

A feminist vision of the workplace.

12. Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius)

One of the most repeated and famous work phrases.

13. Pray as if everything depended on God. Work as if everything depended on you. (Saint Augustine)

Great reflection to keep going (if you are a believer).

14. You never realize what you have done; you can only see what remains to be done. (Marie Curie)

A phrase from a constant and persevering scientist.

15. We workers are still the poor relation of democracy. (Marcelino Camacho)

This Spanish trade unionist reflected on the identity of the working class.

16. Work and struggle always call the best. (Seneca)

An honor reserved for the mentally and physically strong.

17. Work consists in what an organism is obliged to do; play consists in what an organism is not obliged to do. (Mark Twain)

Obligation and devotion, according to the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

18. The brain is a marvelous organ. It begins to work as soon as we get up and does not stop working until we enter the office. (Robert Frost)

Funny phrase that reveals what many bad employees tend to do.

19. Work is the refuge of those who have nothing to do. (Oscar Wilde)

A paradoxical look at the eagerness to get ahead of work.

20. Work always sweetens life, but not everyone likes sweets. (Victor Hugo)

Not everyone is capable of appreciating what a good job brings them.

21. He who has left nothing for tomorrow has done much. (Baltasar Gracián)

Not procrastinating is the key to progress.

22. Find happiness at work or you will not be happy. (Christopher Columbus)

Since we have to spend many hours there, it is better to find the positive side of it.

Only fools are satisfied and confident with the quality of their work. (Mercedes Milá)

On the habit of surpassing oneself at every step and not conforming.

24. Work done with taste and love is always an original and unique creation. (Roberto Sapriza)

Creativity is born of love for the work itself.

25. All people have the disposition to work creatively. What happens is that most people never notice it. (Truman Capote)

It's just a matter of looking hard for it.

26. Work to prevent crimes so as not to need punishment. (Confucius)

Another phrase of the oriental thinker.

27. Unhurried work is the greatest rest for the organism. (Gregorio Marañón)

To be able to dose oneself is always a motive of satisfaction.

To work with love is to build a house with affection, as if your loved one were to live in that house. (Khalil Gibran)

Care in the smallest details makes the difference.

29. I can't stop working. I will have all eternity to rest. (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

Sacrificed way of life.

30. There must be something wrong with work, or the rich would have monopolized it by now. (Mario Moreno, "Cantinflas")

The Mexican humorist was ironic about the defects of work.

31. There is no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, work and learning from failure. (Colin Powell)

The American politician gives us a guide to success.

32. It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. (Babe Ruth)

Simple but effective: always stay on your feet, giving your maximum potential.

33. There is no substitute for hard work. (Thomas Edison)

Either it is done, or it isn't. And the fruits are never the same. And the fruits are never the same.

Don't wish things were easier, wish you were better. (Jim Rohn)

Don't expect the world to join forces to make things easy for you, it doesn't work that way.

35. The only thing that overcomes bad luck is hard work. (Harry Golden)

There is no such thing as bad luck if you always do your best.

36. Paul and I never thought we could make so much money from this. We just loved writing software. (Bill Gates)

If you keep working at what you love, little by little the profits will add up. From the creator of Microsoft and Windows.

Everything yields to diligence. (Thomas Jefferson)

Agility is always a great ally in doing business.

38. Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. (Louis Pasteur)

Perseverance. There is no other secret to success.

39. I hope the millions of people I have touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. (Michael Jordan)

The greatest basketball player of all time looked at life with this optimistic attitude.

40. Let the future tell the truth and evaluate everyone according to their work and achievements. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. (Nikola Tesla)

The inventor knew the benefits of continuing to invest in research.

41. Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you will be doing the impossible. (St. Francis of Assisi)

A great lesson for undertaking great projects.

All happiness depends on courage and work. (Honoré de Balzac)

That's right, don't skimp on effort.

43. No man should be forced to do the work that a machine can do. (Henry Ford)

A futuristic vision, but already a reality.

44. Contemplating how others work is a very healthy way to love work. (Noel Clarasó)

Ironic sentence: when it is others who suffer, our vision is biased.

45. Giving a son a thousand ounces of gold is not comparable to teaching him a good trade. (Chinese proverb)

Oriental teaching that we should apply to the education of our children.

46. Rest belongs to work as the eyelids belong to the eyes. (Rabindranath Tagore)

Excellent metaphor with a deep meaning.

47. Work prevents and cures all the diseases of the soul; it is the great consoler, the great physician. (Émile Deschanel)

On its curative effects.

48. To make two trades is the best way for both to go wrong. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

The enlightened Frenchman knew that concentrating efforts on a single project is the most sensible and effective thing to do.

49. The essential condition of human happiness is work. (Leo Tolstoy)

Without work it is difficult for a person to be fulfilled.

50. He who does not work does not rest. (Thomas Carlyle)

No heads, no tails.

51. Work as if you must live forever, and eat as if you must die tomorrow. (Arabic proverb)

A way of living life to the limit.

52. A man is not poor because he has nothing, but when he does not work. (Montesquieu)

A phrase that praises daily effort.

53. Without work there is no rest. Those who only want to rest, how hard they work to get it! (Constancio Vigil)

A reflection not to rest on our laurels.

54. If you respect the importance of your work, it will probably return the favor. (Joseph Turner)

He who gives the best of himself for a good length of time... is likely to be rewarded.

55. There is no bad job, what's bad is having to work (Don Ramón, from the series El Chavo del Ocho)

Great phrase of the mythical comic character.

56. The gods help men who help themselves, and this is through work. (Virgil)

If you don't help yourself, don't expect favor from anyone.

57. The more you esteem what you earn with more work. (Aristotle)

The value of things, based on the effort invested.

58. Things would go better if everyone would confine himself to the work he is familiar with. (Plato)

To venture into unexplored terrain is not always positive, according to Plato.

59. Commit yourself to your trade, however small it may be, and rest in it. (Marcus Aurelius)

Perfect reflection.

60. In the furrow of the plow man buries his vices. (Victor Hugo)

Brutal metaphor that teaches us that work overcomes all defects and bad habits.

61. In every time and place we see that two men of the same profession never agree. (John Gay)

It is possible to coexist in the same guild with diametrically opposed ideas.

62. Work has, among other advantages, that of shortening the days and prolonging life. (Denis Diderot)

A paradox to reflect on.

63. Heavy work is usually the accumulation of light tasks that were not done on time. (Henry Cooke)

On procrastination and its undesirable effects.

64. When work is a pleasure, life is beautiful. But when it is imposed on us, life is slavery. (Maxim Gorky)

An abysmal difference.

65. The best remedy against all evils is work. (Charles Baudelaire)

The French writer, on the "medicinal" properties of effort.

66. It costs to work, but it costs more not to work. (Tonino Licciardello)

There is no worse life than that of someone who aspires to do nothing.

67. Man finds his enjoyment in eating, in the act of reproduction, in clothing himself, when he can, in short, in his animal part, but not in what differentiates him from these: in work. (Karl Marx)

Interesting reflection of the communist theorist.

68. Happy is he who has a profession that coincides with his hobby. (George Bernard Shaw)

Along the lines of many other work phrases already mentioned.

69. Give the laborer his wages before he has wiped the sweat from his brow. (Mohammed)

A positive reinforcement in time is always welcome.

70. Always look for a task; when you have it, think of nothing else but doing it well. (Thales of Miletus)

On the pursuit of excellence.