Inspirational Quotes on Work

“Celebration comes when the common features of life are redeemed.”

“Do not confuse work and fruit. There may be a good deal of work for Christians that is not the fruit of the Heavenly Vine.”

“The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them.”

“If any occupation or association is found to hinder our communion with God or our enjoyment of spiritual things, then it must be abandoned. Anything in my habits or ways which mars happy fellowship with the brethren or robs me of power in service, is to be unsparingly judged and made an end of-- 'burned.' Whatever I cannot do for God's glory must be avoided.”

“Man appears for a little while to laugh and weep, to work and play, and then to go to make room for those who shall follow him in the never-ending cycle.”

“I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.”

“The Protestant work ethic finds its application in many contexts in the twenty-first century. Perhaps the most obvious is the phenomenon of 'faith based activism': religious groups using their faith both as a platform and a guiding principle for social engagement and voluntary work.”

“The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, lies here, food for worms; but the work shall not be lost, for it will appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the Author.”

“Your actions, in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.”

“I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.”

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”

“No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.”

“If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.”

“It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork.”

“Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.”

“God buries His workmen but carries on His work.”

“I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.”

“All should work and ask God's guidance.”

“Fear God and work hard.”

“Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men, but only in the sight of God. He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work.”