Work Quotes

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them.

On any given day, my father wasn't likely to return from work before I was asleep for the night. I saw that a man's work was important, that he must pursue it tirelessly, and that it might require certain sacrifices, like being away from the warmth and comfort of home.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

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

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Work alone is noble.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.