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