Accomplishment, Henry Ward Beecher

I don’t do more, but less than others.

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), a famous American politician from the 1800s, When He was asked how he accomplished so much more than others

Love, Sigmund Freud

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.

- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

The law of work

The law of work

The law of work does seem utterly unfair--but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in money, also.

- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Success will come naturally when you work on something you enjoy. When a team is composed of people who enjoy office work, the entire office will benefit from individuals finding their own happiness and wealth. Work must be something one can lay everything on the line for- something challenging yet enjoyable.

Work, Chinese Proverb

空行空返。

- 中國俗談

No song, no supper.

- Chinese Proverb

Work, Czech Proverb

Bez práce nejsou koláče.
Literal translation: There are no cakes without a job.

- Czech Proverb

Idiomatic translation: No pain, no gain.
Source: Šedivý, Ivo Bez práce nejsou koláče (1982)

Work, William Lyon Phelps

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

- William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)

Work, Albanian Proverb

Kur s'ke punë luaj derën.
Translation: When you have nothing to do, rattle the door.

- Albanian proverb

Meaning: If you are bored, start doing some work.

Kostallari, Gjuhësisëdhe i Letërsisë(Akademia e Shkencave e RPS tëShqipërisë) (1981). Fjalor i gjuhës sësotme shqipe. Rilindja. p. 1570.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albanian_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Proverbs

Work, Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance from The Shining (1980)

[typed] All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

- Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, The Shining (1980)

Happiness, Elbert Hubbard

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Work, Confucius (孔子)

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

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)

Work, Publilius Syrus

To do two things at once is to do neither.

- Publilius Syrus (1C BC-?)

Pleasure in the job (Aristotle)

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

- Aristotle (384BC-322BC)

Work banishes ... (Goethe)

Work banishes those three great evils, boredom, vice and poverty.

- Goethe (a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath; 1749-1832)