Inspirational Quotes on Work

“Can we be casual in the work of God -- casual when the house is on fire, and people in danger of being burned?”

“The success or failure of our work as a church or mission depends, in the last resort, largely, not in the number of preachers we put into the field, nor on the size of our congregations, but rather on the character of Christianity we and our work produce.”

“To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are removed, till the mists are exhaled and the clouds are lifted, and the sunshine of a cloudless day brightens-this is hard work, but it is God's work, and man's best labor.”

“Availability is not the most important factor in employment - teachability is.”

“Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures. - Discipline: The Glad Surrender”

“We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.”

“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”

“It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.”

“Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness-the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”

“We are immortal till our work is done.”

“He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.”

“My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.”

“God Himself is not secure, having given man dominion over His work.”

“I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.”

“Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.”

“If God is spending work upon a Christian, let him be still and know that it is God. And if he wants work, he will find it there--in the being still.”

“The stature of the Lord Jesus was not itself reached by work, and he who thinks to approach its mystical height by anxious effort is really receding from it.”

“Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better. Envy them not.”

“Take into your new sphere of labour, where you also mean to lay down your life, that simple charm, Love, and your life-work must succeed. You can take nothing greater, you need take nothing less. It is not worth while going if you take anything less.”

“Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.”