Work Quotes

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

You don't know what hard times are, daddy. Hard times are when the textile workers around this country are out of work, they got 4 or 5 kids and can't pay their wages, can't buy their food. Hard times are when the autoworkers are out of work, and they tell 'em to go home.

I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

You're still a person with or without that gold medal. It just represents the hard work.

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

I just aspire to be the best I can be. I want to work hard and set one goal at a time for myself.

In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there's no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.

Sticking to good habits can be hard work, and mistakes are part of the process. Don't declare failure simply because you messed up or because you're having trouble reaching your goals. Instead, use your mistakes as opportunities to grow stronger and become better.

'First things first' might be a cliche, but it's a useful one that means prioritizing what matters most to you and believing there is no wrong answer. When it comes to figuring this out for yourself, the careful binary of work or life entirely misses the point.

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me.