Hosea Ballou Quotes

You have to take a certain pride in your work.

I have such pride in my job.

Whether you're an obstetrician or a third-grade teacher or a real estate agent, you know when you're doing good work. You're passionate about it.

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

I'm proud of my office. I'm proud of the work that we do.

Obviously, there are nights in any job when you don't want to be there, but that's when the pride factor comes in.

You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.

They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life.

It doesn't matter if it's a school play or a dumb TV show. It's your work. You should care about it so much that people get annoyed with you.

I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

If I am taking a job, I really want to do it 100% on a daily basis, and that's not what I can do right now.

You really have to love every single bit of what you do. The moment that you do something that makes you feel queasy to your stomach, the company dies.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.

I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.

I entreat all artisans faithfully to follow their craft and take delight in it. I entreat all servants to be faithful servants of their masters and mistresses.