Work Quotes

"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan."

"That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

"I just work hard, keep my head down and be true to who I am."

"Economics profession, they've been - they've been confident in various formulas, but economics is not physics. The same formula that works in one decade doesn't work in the next. Economics is a difficult subject."

"I did work in a strip club, but I didn't strip. I danced, and I became very popular."

"Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow."

"The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

"I always tell people that this is a really simple deal: Work hard. If you work hard, follow what's required and set your priorities right, then you can really perform without taking shortcuts. If you're taking shortcuts, you can't be free."

"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."

"They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure."

"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter - for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way."

"My doctor told me I shouldn't work out until I'm in better shape. I told him, 'All right; don't send me a bill until I pay you.'"

"Where there is no work, there is no dignity."

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."

"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people."

"The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work."

"If you ever think about me, and you ain't gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don't want myself on your mind if you're not going to work for the people."

"The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner."

"If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work."

"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

"I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work."

"There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty."

"All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it."

"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."

"Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you."

"The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager."

"All I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating."

"I worry about what I can control, and that's come out and improve every day, enjoy the process, count your blessings, and work extremely hard."

"In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'"

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work."

"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."

"I will say this: I know no wise person who doesn't read a lot. I suspect that you can read on the computer now and get a lot of benefit out of it, but I doubt that it'll work as well as reading print worked for me."

"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

"Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do."

"Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"You can only take it a day at a time. Try to get better every single day in whatever area you want to, and then it'll work itself out."

"Thinking positively and confidently changed my life. If you stay consistent and work hard, you can be successful for a long time."

"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

"When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent."

"Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard."

"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."

"'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it."