There is, in fact, a paradox about working to serve the community, and it is this: that to aim directly at serving the community is to falsify the work; the only way to serve the community is to forget the community and serve the work.

- Dorothy L. Sayers, Why Work?: Discovering Real Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work. a Christian Perspective.

Make Hard Work Your Best Friend. Hard Work becomes Smart Work

- Smart Work becomes Easy Work.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play

- there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!

- Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

The only Christian work is good work well done.

- Dorothy L. Sayers, Why Work?: Discovering Real Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work. a Christian Perspective.

There are those who work so they can stop. Stopping is the why of work.There are those who stop so they can work.Working is the why of work.

- Nick Cave, The Sick Bag Song

My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.

- Bill Burr

It is awesome to note that the works your work are working but that should not be a joy. The ultimate joy should be that the works of your work are indelible.

- Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer in You: Dare to Do the Undone

Earlier in this century someone claimed that we work at our play and play at our work. Today the confusion has deepened: we worship our work, work at our play, and play in our worship.

- Leland Ryken, Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure

The only thing "free" about so-called free time is that it doesn't cost the boss anything. Free time is mostly devoted to getting ready for work, going to work, returning from work, and recovering from work. Free time is an euphemism for the peculiar way labor as a factor of production not only transports itself at its own expense to and from the workplace but assumes primary responsibility for its own maintenance and repair.

- Bob Black, The Abolition of Work & Other Essays