Work Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about work.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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I have no ambitions. Being a poet is not an ambition of mine, but my way of being alone.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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For the honest man, debts are a bitter slavery.

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

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Poor thing...! He will never know what it's like to be young, because he was born a banker.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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I do not sell myself, it is the only luxury of the poor.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Ambition often leads people to perform the vilest tasks. That's why, to climb, the same posture is adopted as for crawling.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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Set in gold the bird's wings, and it will never fly to the sky again.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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We should be more suspicious of those who seek reasons for benefiting us than of those who benefit us without seeking reasons.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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If you ever see a Swiss banker jumping out of a window, jump after. There's sure to be something to gain.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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In the disdain of ambition, one finds one of the essential principles of happiness on earth.