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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.

Thomas Carlyle

The phrase 'work-life balance' tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

Patrick Dixon, in Building a Better Business (2005) p. 182

It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life — those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest people.

Brutus Hamilton|Brutus Hamilton

Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success.

David O. McKay

We work to better ourselves, and the rest of humanity.

Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, of Star Trek

The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic — in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea — known to medical science is work.

Thomas Szasz|Thomas Szasz

Everything in this world depends on work.

Louis Pasteur

Work purifies your heart.

Swami Vivekananda|Swami Vivekananda

Remember, work, well done, does good to the man who does it. It makes him a better man.

George S. Clason, American businessman and author. The Richest Man in Balylon

Work to me is a sacred thing.

Margaret Bourke-White|Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), American photographer. Portrait of Myself, Ch. 30 (1963)
Encyclopedia
Work may refer to:

Human labor:
  • Employment
    Employment
    Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...

  • House work
  • Labor (economics), measure of the work done by human beings
  • Manual labor, physical work done by people
  • Wage labor, in which a worker sells their labor and an employer buys it
  • Work (project management)
    Work (project management)
    Work or Work Package in project management is the amount of effort applied to produce a deliverable or to accomplish a task or a group of related tasks defined at the same level in the WBS....

    , the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task
  • Working the system ‎


In physics:
  • Work (physics) (mechanical work), the amount of energy transferred by a force
  • Work (thermodynamics)
    Work (thermodynamics)
    In thermodynamics, work performed by a system is the energy transferred to another system that is measured by the external generalized mechanical constraints on the system. As such, thermodynamic work is a generalization of the concept of mechanical work in mechanics. Thermodynamic work encompasses...

    , the quantity of energy transferred from one system to another


In theology:
  • Karma
    Karma
    Karma in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh philosophies....

    , or "deed" in Sanskrit, causes the cycle of cause and effect, or Saṃsāra, in Indian religions
  • Work (Christian theology)
    Good works
    Good works, or simply works, within Christian theology are a person's actions or deeds, contrasting with interior qualities such as grace or faith.The New Testament exhibits a tension between two aspects of grace:...

    , acts of charity


In Film/Media:
  • Work (1915 film), a 1915 silent film co-starring Edna Purviance
  • WORK (FM)
    WORK (FM)
    WORK is a radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont. The station is owned by Nassau Broadcasting III, LLC. It airs a Classic Hits format....

    , an American FM radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont
  • Work (professional wrestling), a staged event
  • Work (painting)
    Work (painting)
    Work is a painting by Ford Madox Brown, which is generally considered to be his most important achievement. It attempts to portray, both literally and analytically, the totality of the Victorian social system and the transition from a rural to an urban economy...

    , by Ford Madox Brown
  • Work: A Story of Experience
    Work: A Story of Experience
    Work: A Story of Experience, first published in 1873, is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, set in the times before and after the American Civil War....

    , a novel by Louisa May Alcott
  • Work, a 1978 play by Ron Milner
    Ron Milner
    Ronald Milner was an African-American playwright. His play, Checkmates, starring Paul Winfield and Denzel Washington ran on Broadway in 1988.-Early life:...



In Law:
  • Work, the subject matter of copyright law


In Music
  • The Work
    The Work (band)
    The Work were an English post-punk rock group, founded in 1980 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Tim Hodgkinson and guitarist/composer Bill Gilonis, with bass guitarist Mick Hobbs and drummer Rick Wilson. The band toured Europe in 1981 and 1982, and recorded their first album, Slow Crimes in 1982...

    , band
  • Work Records (aka "WORK" or "The WORK Group"), a music label under Sony Records
  • Work 1989-2002
    Work 1989-2002
    Work 1989–2002 is a compilation album released by the British electronica duo Orbital in 2002, featuring a selection of singles and rare tracks from their career together...

    , a release by the electronic music duo Orbital
  • "Work" (Ciara song)
    Work (Ciara song)
    "Work" is a song performed by American recording artist Ciara, from her third studio album, Fantasy Ride . It was co-written by Ciara, Nate "Danja" Hills, Marcella Araica and Missy Elliott and produced by Danja with additional production by Araica. The song was released on July 24, 2009, by LaFace...

    , a single by Ciara
  • "Work" (Jars of Clay song)
    Work (Jars of Clay song)
    "Work" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is the second radio single from their 2006 studio album Good Monsters. The song was the 13th most played song on U.S. Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007. A live concert version of the song appears on the Live Monsters EP, which was...

    , a song by Jars of Clay
  • "Work" (Jimmy Eat World song)
    Work (Jimmy Eat World song)
    "Work" is a song by Jimmy Eat World from their 2004 album, Futures. It was the second single released from that album. The song was written by Jim Adkins and features backing vocals by Liz Phair....

    , a song by the rock band Jimmy Eat World
  • "Work", a song by Bob Marley from his album Uprising
  • "Work" (Kelly Rowland song)
    Work (Kelly Rowland song)
    "Work" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kelly Rowland. It was written by Rowland, Scott Storch and "Work" is a song recorded by [[United States|American]] singer-songwriter [[Kelly Rowland]]. It was written by Rowland, [[Scott Storch]] and "Work" is a song recorded by [[United...

    , a single by Kelly Rowland
  • "Work" (The Saturdays song)
    Work (The Saturdays song)
    "Work" is the fifth single from British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The pop song was written by Ina Wroldsen, Harry Sommerdahl and Kalle Engström. "Work" was released as the final single from the group's debut album, Chasing Lights...

    , a song by British pop group The Saturdays
  • Work Work, a song by N Dubz
  • Work (album)
    Work (album)
    - Chart positions :...

    , an album by Shout Out Louds


Name
  • Weorc or Work (Anglo-Saxon leader) who gave his name to Workington
    Workington
    Workington is a town, civil parish and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England, at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the Borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport...

     or 'Weorc-inga-tun', meaning the 'tun' (settlement) of the 'Weorcingas' (the people of Weorc or Work)


Working may refer to:
  • Working (musical)
    Working (musical)
    Working is a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead....

    , a 1978 musical
  • Working (TV series)
    Working (TV series)
    Working was an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1999. The series was created and executive produced by Michael Davidoff and Bill Rosenthal.-Synopsis:...

    , a situation comedy
  • Working (book), a book by Studs Terkel
  • Working!!
    Working!!
    Working!! is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, and concerns the activities of the unusual employees at the Wagnaria family restaurant. It began serialization in the January 2005 issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan seinen manga magazine...

    , a manga by Karino Takatsu
  • Holbrook Working
    Holbrook Working
    Holbrook Working , a professor of economics and statistics at Stanford University’s FoodResearch Institute, is known for his contributions on hedging, the theory of futures prices – which anticipated the efficient market hypothesis, an early theory of market maker behavior, and the theory of...

    , a statistician and economist

See also

  • Labour (disambiguation)
  • The Works (disambiguation)
    The Works (disambiguation)
    The Works may refer to:* The Works , the first known computer animated film that has not been completed* The Works Art & Design Festival in Edmonton, Canada* The Works Recording Studio near Manchester, UK...

  • Works (disambiguation)