Work - Quotes & Sayings
This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
Bette DavisI 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.
Wendy DavisWork is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Khalil GibranThe only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
Harry GoldenAll my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in.
Colin KaepernickI'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
Jack MaWork hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything.
Kimberly GuilfoyleI believe in stopping work and eating lunch.
L'Wren ScottBefore you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
ChanakyaPlan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Margaret ThatcherTo me, accessorizing is the most fun part of an outfit. While I don't think you can't rely on accessories to make a dress that isn't working work, I do love jewelry and handbags more than anything.
Anna KendrickIt is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Benjamin FranklinColleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.
Junot DiazQuality is pride of workmanship.
W. Edwards DemingOur farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.
Luther StrangeDoing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
Verne TroyerOrganizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
A. A. MilneLife is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?
James PattersonI was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It's not work. It's just fun.
Shawn MendesWork hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
Randy JohnsonEveryone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
RumiWhile natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.
Sylvia Mathews BurwellDiplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.
Colin PowellI believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.
Rakul Preet SinghJournalism is what we need to make democracy work.
Walter CronkiteOf all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
Walt DisneyThe balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
Richard BransonThe American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
Tammy DuckworthWhatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.
Virat KohliFootball teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.
Roger StaubachIf you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyHope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.
Anne LamottSometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.
David SoulThere is no better feeling than doing well while you are doing good. If you really want to meet the nicest, most caring people in your field, get involved with charity work. The thankless hours that go into planning charity dinners, running a carnival, and gathering donations for silent auctions are noticed and appreciated.
Jay SamitDon't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
Ice CubeI'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.
Tim TebowNo man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
Alfred Lord TennysonI returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few.
Shashi TharoorDeveloping a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.
Tyler PerryWe are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.
Kevin KellyWe all naturally want to become successful... we also want to take shortcuts. And it's easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.
Apolo OhnoSometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.
Blake GriffinEvery orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
Freeman DysonFor me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
Frank GehryAll wealth is the product of labor.
John LockeNothing will work unless you do.
Maya AngelouI have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
Ayrton SennaWhen you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
Jack AntonoffEconomics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth GalbraithMy grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'
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