“Let us get down to work, to slower, more cautious, more persevering and persistent work!”

“Work hard and be poor, do nothing and get more.”

Thomas Hardy book The Hand of Ethelberta

“You will have useful work: the destruction of evil men. What work could be more useful?”

Jack Vance Demon Princes

“The higher we go, the ups and downs at the lower level would gradually fade. If what we do is to be worth while and if we are to get job satisfaction, we have to study more and work hard. The more we work, the stronger the profession would become and grow.”

D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) Indian writer

“We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.”

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

“Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use.”

David Byrne (1952) Scottish alternative rock musician and promoter of world music

“So, let’s get to work.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

“You know you are getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.”

Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host

“Work but use your head as well as your hands, trust in God and He will never let you down.”

Timothy Quill (1901–1960) Early Dáil member, cooperative organiser, agriculturalist

“The key is never, never work. Nothing is more aging than work. It's not only the strain of getting up in the morning for work, but it's the resentment that settles on your face”

Quentin Crisp (1908–1999) writer, Actor