“Everybody that I’ve ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.”— Chuck Yeager, todayinsci.com
“I have to go back to work! I know what you're going to say but I need the money because I cannot live like this. I cannot live like this. And I cannot live without you.”— Gia Carangi, imdb.com
“I left my job. I couldn't work for that man after what he said to me. "You're fired"”— leijt, reddit.com
“[About their 1943 purchase of radio station KTBC] He told me I needed to get down there to Austin and learn all about the station -- to familiarize myself with the staff, the market, and the accounts. I understood that we couldn't make a success of it and be running the station from Washington, so I…”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“In the end, do what you love, that’s the secret of life.”— Francis Ford Coppola, explorepartsunknown.com
“I watched a great documentary on the life of an ironworker. It was riveting.”— MechaStewart, reddit.com
“Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent.”— Diego Rivera, amazon.com
“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.”— Brigham Young, goodreads.com
“Well, here goes to another day’s work and I’m dead on my feet already! What’s a way out of this squirrel cage? Who knows? Who cares?”— Jean Harlow, imdb.com
“If I don't like it, why waste my time doing it? I'd rather work extra hard at something I do love even if it takes a little longer.”— Lizzie McGuire, imdb.com
“As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office wherein it has pleased God to place me [head of the Reformed church in Scotland], I am a watchman...For that reason I am bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.”— John Knox, en.wikiquote.org
“Be purposeful about your work, but don't forget to have a little fun once in a while!”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com
“Going from success to significance is a shift from getting to giving. It's not about power/status, it's about relationships.”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com
“When people feel a sense of ownership about what they do, they are at their best whether or not their leader is in the room.”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com
“People who do work that is meaningful to them are intrinsically motivated and find fulfillment through their own accomplishments.”— Ken Blanchard, twitter.com