7,095 Quotes About Work

Here we come upon the old, old craze of the world, which has not yet learned to do without clericalism--that to live and work *for an idea*is man's calling, and according to the faithfulness its fulfilment his *human worth* is measured

I have a handful of keywords that I try to live by. One of them is: Joy.Everyone needs more joy in their lives. Maybe that means changing job to one you truly like. Maybe that means moving to another country to start a new adventure. Maybe it means forging ties with people who make you truly happy. Maybe it means creating joy in others.For me, one of the many things that brings me joy is writing. I am blessed, and very thankful, that I get to do this for a living.

As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

Thirty thousand a year was all right, but dyspepsia and inability to be humanly happy robbed such princely income of all its value.

My amazing client! Reached out to me about a year and a half ago or so and told me he was working 80 hours a week at his job. We chatted and worked a way to start a new 'stupid idea' on his own. A year later he sold it for 7 figures. Woot! We are working together again.

The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism

Work. Or school. This is for the money. But what is anything else, for that matter, but required means of enhancing your bare living – better sleep and better food – like spending decades just to turn a little knob higher on a pathetic radio called existence.

In the end, it's not the market or technology that decides what has real value, but society. If we want this century to be one in which all of us get richer, then we'll need to free ourselves of the dogma that all work is meaningful. And, while we're at it, let's also get rid of the fallacy that a higher salary is automatically a reflection of societal value.