From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information, to research, and above all, to use language as efficiently as possible and to remember always that there is a reader out there.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Copy Quote View & ShareToday a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.
Copy Quote View & ShareOne measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.
Copy Quote View & ShareColleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place.
Copy Quote View & ShareEveryone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can't be safe. Life's not safe. Your work isn't safe. When you leave the house, it isn't safe. The air you breathe isn't going to be safe, not for very long. That's why you have to enjoy the moment.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.
Copy Quote View & ShareInspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
Copy Quote View & ShareTransparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.
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