Quotes about Employment, Work and Employee-Employer Relationship

The workplace is one place that can become a vault of different stories that involve both the employers and employees. An employer thinks of profit, while an employee considers his wages. But though they may seem to have different views, cooperation is still the main thing that can bring any organization to success. An effective and efficient employment must have a harmonious employee-employer relationship. Thus, whether you’re the boss or you’re the follower, you should consider a holistic approach, that is, to work not only for your own interest, but also to work hard for the success of the whole business or company, which includes you, your boss or staff, and the entirety of the organization. The following are quotes, sayings or quotations about management, leadership, employment, work and employee-employer relationship.

 

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” –Theodore Roosevelt

 

“We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us.”  –Author Unknown

 

“Oh, you hate your job?  Why didn’t you say so?  There’s a support group for that.  It’s called everybody, and they meet at the bar.”  –Drew Carey

 

“The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.” –Sun Tzu

 

“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.”  –John G. Pollard

 

“If you have a job without any aggravations, you don’t have a job.” –Malcolm S. Forbes

 

“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” –James Matthew Barrie

 

“Researchers at Harvard say that taking a power nap for an hour in the afternoon can totally refresh you.  They say that by the time you wake up you’ll feel so good, you’ll be able to start looking for a new job.” –Jay Leno

 

“Law of the Alibi:  If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.” –Author Unknown

 

“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” –Ogden Nash

 

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

 

“It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.” –Niccolo Machiavelli

 

“It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.” –Frank Murphy

 

“A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.” –Dean Acheson

 

“Don’t organize for any other purpose than mutual benefit to the employer and the employee.” –Mark Hanna

 

“What is it that you like doing?  If you don’t like it, get out of it, because you’ll be lousy at it.” –Lee Iacocca

 

“What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.” –Pearl Bailey

 

“Retired is being twice tired, I’ve thought
First tired of working,
Then tired of not.”
–Richard Armour

 

“Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.” –Henry George

 

“Most people like hard work.  Particularly when they are paying for it.”  –Franklin P. Jones

 

“If you’re an employer, you want to hire an employee who’ll do their job, not do your bidding.” –Jeffrey Jones

 

“He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.” –Jewish Proverb

 

“It is not the employer who pays the wages.  He only handles the money.  It is the customer that pays the wages.” –Henry Ford

 

“Hire character.  Train skill.” –Peter Schutz

 

“The results of quality work last longer than the shock of high prices.” –Author Unknown

 

“The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they’re working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.” –Rick Pitino

 

“I believe in the adage: Hire people smarter than you and get out of their way.” –Howard Schultze

 

“Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft would become an unimportant company.” –Bill Gates

 

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

“I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.” –Anita Hill

 

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.” –Zig Ziglar

 

“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.” –J. Paul Getty

 

“Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.” –Goethe