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Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands. – The Book of the Dead
Hamlet is a course and barbarous play. One might think the work is the product of a drunken savage's imagination. – Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but improves its chances. – B. J. Gupta
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. – Epicurus
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. – Lee Iacocca
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition. – Indira Nehru Gandhi
What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress Imagine that you are a Masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath. – Thomas Crum
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. – Sam Ewig
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. – Vince Lombardi
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. – Epictetus
I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example. – Mario M Cuomo
It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts. – Patrick Henry
It is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate man and enrich his nature. but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive. – Albert Einstein
Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity. – R. E. Hellmund
Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those conditions, work is great too. – Bill Vaughan
The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the wall of our own homes. – Harold B. Lee
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty. – Kahil Gibran, Spirits Rebellious
"I can never be an atheist, because God is our celestial hope for our existential worries, our cosmic chance against absurdity!" MMI – Mehmet Murat ildan
"Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language. – Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
'And yet,' demanded Councilor Barlow, 'what's he done Has he ever done a day's work in his life What great cause is he identified with' 'He's identified,' said the first speaker, 'with the great cause of cheering us all up.' – Arnold Bennett
'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow. – J. A. Spender
'Out upon merry Christmas What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer... If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his won pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should' – Charles Dickens
'What good can a handgun do against an army?', is in fact a complex one and must be answered at length and carefully. It is a military question. It is also a political question. But above all it is a moral question which strikes to the heart of what makes men free, and what makes them slaves. – Bill St. Clair
...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. – John Ruskin
...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. – Voltaire

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