Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

—Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

—Helen Keller

Our character… is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

—Helen Keller

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

—Helen Keller

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

—Helen Keller

Our great weariness comes from work not done.

—Hal Lancaster

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

—Eric Hoffer

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

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

—Elbert Hubbard

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

—Edgar Bergen