Sayings about Office
Office without pay makes thieves. ~ German Proverbs
Pastors come for your wine and officers for your daughters. ~ Dutch Proverbs
No office so humble but it is better than nothing. ~ Dutch Proverb
If you hold high office, the whole village will share your fame. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
All offices are greasy. ~ Dutch Proverb
Quotations about Offices
The number of medals on an officer’s breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. ~ Charles Edward Montague
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. ~ Anais Nin
All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external happiness of elevated office. ~ George Washington
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public. ~ Franklin Knight Lane
Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. ~ Robert Orben
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking. ~ James Ellis
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. ~ Jean Baptiste Colbert
Office of itself does much to equalize politicians. It by no means brings all characters to a level; but it does bring high characters down and low characters up towards a common standard. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is the curse of service; preferment goes by letter and affection, not by the old gradation where each second stood heir to the first. ~ William Shakespeare
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. ~ John le Carre
If ever this free people, if this government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this human wriggle and struggle for office–that is, a way to live without work. ~ Abraham Lincoln
High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit–reptiles and eagles. ~ Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
No man should be in public office who can’t make more money in private life. ~ Thomas Dewey
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office. ~ Robert Frost
If your desk isn’t cluttered, you probably aren’t doing your job. ~ Harold S. Geneen
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early. ~ Charles Lamb
You don’t run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision. ~ Julie Nixon Eisenhower
A good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk. ~ Richard Branson
Five things are requisite to a good officer–ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality. ~ William Penn
The office should seek the man, not man the office. ~ Silas Wright