Great Work Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old great work quotes, great work sayings, and great work proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. Florence Scovel Shinn
The Great Work is, before all things, the creation of man by himself, that is to say, the full and entire conquest of his faculties and his future; it is especially the perfect emancipation of his will. Eliphas Levi
A Great Work of Art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Don't look at art with others' eyes. Don't listen to music with others' ears. You must react to art with your own feelings, your own heart and mind. Daisaku Ikeda
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. Steve Jobs
It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it. Laurie Colwin
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. Albert Camus
Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art – that is fun. Jack White
Seeing other people do great work is its own form of inspiration and far more powerful than borrowing their ideas. Kody Chamberlain
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. Steve Jobs
Your greatest creation is yourself. Like any great work of art, creating a great self means putting in hard work, every day, for years. Vi Hart
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe. Samuel Johnson
Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator. Amedeo Modigliani
As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable. Seth Godin
Always give your best; today's great work is tomorrow's benchmark. Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
There is no place for little minds in a great work Manly Hall
Only when the heart loves can the intellect do great work. Newell Dwight Hillis
Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it. Seth Godin
Perhaps only silence and love do justice to a great work of art. Dominique De Menil
To create great work, here's how you must spend your time: 1% Inspiration 9% Perspiration 90% Justification George Lois
It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one. Janet Erskine Stuart
It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision. Fred Hoyle
Every great work of art has two faces, one towards its own time and one towards future, towards eternity. Daniel Barenboim
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. Fernando Flores
The Great Work – the work of ensuring a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations of all species. Thomas Berry
Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert
All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen. Sidney Lumet
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. Nadia Boulanger
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work Steve Jobs
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. Walter Bagehot
Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles. Swami Vivekananda
Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity. Daniel Barenboim
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. Henry Miller
Great work is always shunned at first. Seth Godin
No great work of art is ever finished. Michelangelo
May the Lord strengthen you for every great work. Lailah Gifty Akita
There is an overflowing grace, for every great work. Lailah Gifty Akita
Don't wait to be compelled to do great work. Richie Norton
There is no such thing as great work without longevity. Johnny Hunt
The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook. Seth Godin
Ultimately, if you are doing great work, the money will come. Lee Clow
The strength of every individual is the grace for great work. Lailah Gifty Akita
A great work always leaves us in a state of musing. Isaac D'Israeli
No man ever did or can do a great work alone. Elbert Hubbard
A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention. Christopher Ricks
The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics. Jay Chiat
Families mean work,but they are our great work,and we are not afraid of work. Julie B. Beck
It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time. Melanie Griffith
Regardless of your ethnicity or anything, if you do great work, people will notice and you'll get hired. Aziz Ansari