Motivational Quotes

Work

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

- Comaneci, Nadia

Best Quotes about Work

Want is the mother of industry.

Proverb

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.

Hubbard, Elbert

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original.They are rarely useful.The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

Block, A Harvey

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

Elbert Hubbard

I think any player will tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego, but if you don't win, it makes for a very, very long season. It counts more that the team has played well.

Robinson, David

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Diane Ackerman

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

Barrett, Colleen C.

My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]

Hanks, Tom

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The work will stand, no matter what.

Streep, Meryl

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

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You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

Crandall, Robert

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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.

Kempis, Thomas

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My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Escher, M. C.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

Edison, Thomas A.

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How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?

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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Hepburn, Katharine

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You have to do it by yourself, and you can't do it alone.

Rutte, Martin

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Aristotle

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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Riley, Pat

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Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

Milsap, Ronnie

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Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Maharaj, Nisaragada Ha

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He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Marquis, Don

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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Lombardi, Vince

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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

Riley, Pat

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When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.

Schembechler, Bo

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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.

Frost, Robert

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Love conquers all, but if love doesn't do it, try hard work

32.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

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Work alone is noble.

Carlyle, Thomas

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We work to become, not to acquire.

Hubbard, Elbert

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No bees, no honey; no work, no money.

Proverb

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At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Syrus, Publilius

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The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Wilfred A. Peterson

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There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

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People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.

Howard Newton

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Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.

Galbraith, John Kenneth

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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

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Light is the task where many share the toil.

Homer

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Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

Nash, Ogden

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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Austen, Jane

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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

James M. Barrie