Famous Quotes

"God gave us faculties for our use each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."

Saint Teresa of Avila on Work

More quotes about Work

• "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

  Confucius on Work

• "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Work

• "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

  Thomas A. Edison on Work

• "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

  Robert Frost on Work

• "Nothing will work unless you do."

  Maya Angelou on Work

More quotes by Saint Teresa of Avila

• "To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that."

• "To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."

• "I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."

• "For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."

• "We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."