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Quotes of the Day for 3 January 2005 – Work
Was it just me, or is it a little disconcerting to be getting back to normal work schedules today after two weeks broken up by holidays and the delightful diversions of the season? I always dread the arrival of Christmas, then when the good food and party atmosphere starts I can't help being swept away. Now I'm looking forward to six weeks without a holiday to get in the way of getting enough work done to pay for it all.
The quotes:
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
- Alexander Graham Bell, 1847 - 1922
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
- Aristotle, 384 - 322 BC
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.
- Margot Fonteyn, 1919 - 1991
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse, 1869 - 1954
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.
- James Lane Allen, 1849 - 1923
Genius begins great works; labour alone finishes them.
- Joseph Joubert, 1754 - 1824
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