Thoughts—Work	
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In order that people may be happy in their work, 
these three things are needed: They must be fit for it; 
they must not do too much of it; and they must have 
a feeling of success in it. —John Ruskin
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to 
work a day in your life. —Confucius
There is no such thing as a big job.  Any job, 
regardless of size, can be broken down into small 
jobs which, when done, complete the larger job.
       —Walter Chrysler
I never did a day’s work in my life — it was all fun.  
       —Thomas Edison
Your work is really important. Even the smallest 
job has such a definite place it might be likened to 
a piece in a jigsaw puzzle; the puzzle would not be 
complete without it.   —Francis Gable
It’s not so much how busy you are — what is 
important is why you are busy.  The bee is praised.  
The mosquito is swatted. —Marie O’Connor
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does.  Keep 
going.       —Sam Levenson
Nobody can think straight who does not work.  
Idleness warps the mind.  Thinking without positive 
action becomes a disease.   —Henry Ford
This one makes a net — This one stands and wishes.
Would you like to bet —Which one gets the fishes?   
       —Chinese saying
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to 
love it.      —Abraham Lincoln
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; 
a man who works with his hands and his brain is a 
craftsman — but a man who works with his hands 
and his brain and his heart is an artist. 
       —Louis Nizer	
1. Ruskin:  What 3 things are needed for people 	
to be happy in their work?	
2. Confucius:  What should you do to never 	
work a day in your life?	
3. Chrysler:  Why is there no big job? 
4. Gable:  What is the smallest job likened to?
5. O'Connor: a) What is important?  b) Why?
6. Ford:  What warps the mind?
7. Chinese:  Who do you think gets the fishes?
8. Nizer:  a) Who is a laborer?  b) Who is a 	
craftsman?  c) Who is an artist?	
9. What is the safest way to double your money?
10. If you are a street sweeper, go out and sweep 	
streets like the names of what 4 people?	
11. Then all heaven and earth will say what?
12. Confucius: How do you save a life?
13. a) Which quote do you like?  b) Why?
There may be luck in getting a good job, but there’s 
no luck in keeping it.        —J. Armour
The safest way to double your money is to fold it 
over and put it in your pocket.   
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go out and 
sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures. 
Sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed 
music.  Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote 
poetry. Sweep streets so well that all of heaven and 
earth will pause and say, here lived a great street 
sweeper who did his job well.        
      —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	
Give a bowl of rice to a 
man and you will feed 
him for a day.  Teach him 
how to grow his own rice 
and you will save his life. 	
 	 —Confucius
Enjoy the little things.
One day you may look 	
back and realize they were the big things. —Brault
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