Work - Quotes
I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We`re teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn`t work, don`t buy it. Create your own. Most people can`t do it.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Oh, gently rocking afternoon, give me peace -
I will lie down too, and work later.
The light of your sun is already hanging on the hedges,
and yonder the evening comes across the hills.
You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.
Now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of mothering everywhere we see it, and more than that, recognizing that when any of us mother - when we listen, nuture, nourish, protect - we're doing sacred work.
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments. [...] Work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.