Monday Quotes — Themes

An orange cat sprawls face-down on an unmade bed in a messy morning bedroom, a dish of lasagne on the nightstand. — Original artwork

I hate Mondays.

Garfield

Pair of stitched leather gloves enclosing a scarlet embroidered heart patch — Original artwork

Work is love made visible.

Kahlil Gibran

An industrial milling machine in an empty workshop, lit by small amber lamps. — Original artwork

Nothing will work unless you do.

Maya Angelou

A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet. — Original artwork

Tell me why I don't like Mondays.

Bob Geldof

A pale clock face with brass ticks and bent hands, edged with frost on a blue-grey background. — Original artwork

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day.

John Phillips

A man in a dark turtleneck and jeans stands at a lectern before a packed stadium of graduates in caps and gowns. — Original artwork

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Steve Jobs

A terracotta tile on sand beneath a hanging brass plumb bob, with stacked tiles nearby. — Original artwork

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

Painterly intact brass service bell beside a broken bell and loose striker on deep blue. — Original artwork

This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers.

Randal

A writer leans back in his chair in a cluttered study while pages blow in through an open window past a typewriter and a mantel clock. — Original artwork

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Douglas Adams

A single upright match burns against a dark background, its flame reflected on a glossy surface. — Original artwork

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A small green seedling grows through cracked stone pavement beneath a pale sunrise. — Original artwork

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank

A green felt frog wearing a black bowler hat sits beside a monocle on a small saucer. — Original artwork

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Misattributed to Mark Twain

An open wooden gate and a potted green sprout stand in a red-clay field beneath a peach sunrise. — Original artwork

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely.

Ralph Waldo Emerson