Work Quotes

The rich don't work for money - the rich invent money.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

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

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

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

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

When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it.

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours.

I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.

I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac.

Nobody ever gave me anything. Everything I got I had to work for.

You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.