Professional Motivation

Work & Career quotes

Quotes about craft, effort and getting through a long working day with some pride.

• You don't need motivation to continue, only the next five minutes.

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• Progress rarely announces itself. Keep showing up and let it catch up later.

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• Yesterday's finished task makes today's a little easier to start.

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• Extra care on the boring parts is what separates good work from finished work.

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• Real progress happens in the plain stretches between the milestones.

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• Stop when you need to, then pick it back up. That still counts as continuing.

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• Momentum builds from repetition, not from waiting for a burst of energy.

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• Choose the task that still matters in a year, not just the one due today.

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• You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth.

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• Work is love made visible.

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• The aim of the laborer should be, not to get his living, to get "a good job," but to perform well a certain work.

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• Nature will not be finally conquered till our work becomes a part of the pleasure of our lives.

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A sample of 12 from the 58 Work & Career quotes in the app. Named authors are shown as in the app; lines marked Risora are our own writing.