1000 Best Work Quotes

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? Ronald Reagan

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. Bette Davis

Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona of what you think that somebody should be when they're involved in public office, it's just not going to work. Just be yourself, stay true to your core values, and really just stay abreast of the issues. Ben Quayle

I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it. Edgar Winter

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

If you work hard and you do your best, you can do anything. Erin Heatherton

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Joseph Campbell

Your destination might not end up being exactly what you envisioned to start with, but if you stick it out and work through the challenges, what you end up with will be far better than you could have ever imagined. Joy Mangano

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. Woodrow Wilson

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You've got to put in the work. You've got to grind. You've got go through the struggle, and you've got to get it. Conor McGregor

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning. Virat Kohli

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle. Jackee Harry

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive. Leah LaBelle

'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the time they first started work on through retirement and until their deaths. No longer. Elizabeth Warren

When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together. Tadao Ando

The pay is good and I can walk to work. John F. Kennedy

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. Ida B. Wells

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. Paul Ryan

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! David O. McKay

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far. Tiger Woods

Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood. Olga Kurylenko

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. Nhat Hanh

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t. Thomas S. Monson

I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know? Hunter Hayes

Hustle is simple - it's doing the work. A lot of people like to talk about it, a lot of people have ideas, but it's difficult to actually do the work. Troy Carter

I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.' Jose Rizal

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion. Johnny Vegas

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work. Mary Berry

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.' Viktor E. Frankl

My wish is to be known only thru my work. Dorothea Dix

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this. Willie Mays

The harder I work, the luckier I get. Samuel Goldwyn

I have moments where I feel incredibly ugly or fat, and it sucks, you know? I'll usually try to keep a positive attitude because I'm really so grateful for where I am and the life I get to live, but I definitely have to work hard not to feel insecure. Charlotte McKinney

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all. Geoffrey S. Fletcher

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. Marie Curie

Education and work are the levers to uplift a people. W. E. B. Du Bois


Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Edward Gibbon

In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment. Carl Honore

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. Audre Lorde

The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato

I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in. Gavin Rossdale

Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends. Feist

A word about blue jeans, which, when I was growing up, were called dungarees, one of the more unfortunate marketing ideas of our time: Starting as a work garment for miners, the ubiquitous blue jeans became a staple of the counterculture starting when Brando wore them in 'On the Waterfront' and remained so through the anti-war protests of the '70s. Roger Stone

Hope 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 Lamott

I believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn't have to be your partner - your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn't have to be the person you marry. Cheryl Cole

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work. Virginia Woolf

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work. Neil Armstrong

In most professions, if you stay at the office an extra four hours every day, you're gonna impress the boss. You're gonna get that promotion; you're gonna get that raise. You're gonna at least have job security. But with acting, if you're really ambitious and you have a good work ethic and are really good at your job, it might not really matter. Jason Bateman

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Constantin Brancusi

There's only one growth strategy: work hard. William Hague

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. James A. Baldwin

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have. Janet Reno

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbard

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress. Alana Stewart

There's great sadness and life doesn't work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but there's no need to feel all alone. This happens to everybody, so there's no self-pity. This is the ride that humans are on, and all of it is essential for our natural part of it. Mike Mills

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to wash utensils and do lowly household work in the houses of others to earn a livelihood. I have seen poverty very closely. I have lived in poverty. As a child, my entire childhood was steeped in poverty. Narendra Modi

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs

Quality is pride of workmanship. W. Edwards Deming

Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life. W. E. B. Du Bois

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up. Zinedine Zidane

You can't please everyone, and you have to trust your instincts, and you have to do your work and throw yourself in there and trust your instincts, and just trust that you're doing a good job that I can be proud of as well. Matt Ryan

I started as a black and white photographer, but the colors I was seeing were just so lurid and compelling and awful at the same time. They got me looking at other contemporary art. I was gravitating more and more toward work that had visceral power, that wasn't necessarily about being beautiful but had some kind of horror in the palette. David Maisel

Every man loves what he is good at. Thomas Shadwell

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers. Cesar Chavez

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you. Walter Gilbert

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working. Don Shula


All wealth is the product of labor. John Locke

There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option. Alison Sweeney

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. Johnny Carson

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. Donovan Bailey

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. Louis L'Amour

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is. Sigmund Freud

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. Nelson Mandela

I enjoy being a singles guy. I enjoy commanding the stage with myself and an opponent. It's a different process when you're teammates. Especially with the way we work. We're very unselfish with how we work together in so many different regards. Not just what you see as the final product of the match. Just strategizing, psychology, teamwork. Roman Reigns

Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work. Pat Buchanan

Laziness in my biggest pet peeve of all time. Get up, make a plan, do the work, and love yourself, people! Dove Cameron

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic. James H. Douglas, Jr.

The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. Rainer Maria Rilke

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. Vince Lombardi

People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship, and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say, 'We want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.' Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me. Michelle Obama

I always got my work done before playing. Edwin Moses

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it. Lionel Messi

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. Virat Kohli

The Olympics show that your dream can come true if you work hard. It's not impossible. Jencarlos Canela

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses. Che Guevara

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. Ray Bradbury

Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had my good times, but I used it as motivation to do it again. When you realize you can accomplish something so great, you want to do it again. Paul Pierce

For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression. Billy Zane

Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you. Leigh Steinberg

Labor gives birth to ideas. Jim Rohn

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. Lao Tzu

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out. Ronald Reagan

The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does. Gabby Douglas


My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships. Marillyn Hewson

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Susan B. Anthony

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while. Hubert Selby, Jr.

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead. Marty Meehan

Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it. Simone Biles

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. John Carmack

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination. Bill Rancic

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. Booker T. Washington

You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball. Pele

I don't work with a stylist, I don't work with a glam squad to get me together for the red carpet, I really enjoy the time it takes to do it myself, to choose my clothes and do my own makeup and my own hair. Dita Von Teese

I do what I do to inspire people. They can't be inspired by an ego, a big-headed person. It doesn't work. It doesn't match. And I really want to be that role model for people, for children. I want to be real. To my fans, I want them to view me as a real person. Don't put me on a pedestal. I'm human. I make mistakes, I cry, I hurt - just like you. La'Porsha Renae

The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it. Dwayne Johnson

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Daniel Burnham

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work. Louis C. K.

As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid. Irvin S. Cobb

Work harder than anybody you've ever seen. That's what I believe. Meek Mill

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

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best. Michael Johnson

How does a queen bee behave? However she wants to. But please don't wait for someone to hold the door open for you when your own arms work perfectly fine - do it yourself. Whitney Wolfe

I think it's difficult to say what exactly made me become a successful DJ. It depends on so many different things. If I were given an award, I would thank my family, friends, Tiesto and the great team behind me for all their support and hard work. Without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. Martin Garrix

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. Thich Nhat Hanh

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. Vincent Van Gogh

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that. Haile Gebrselassie

There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time. Benoit Mandelbrot


When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it. Chance The Rapper

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit. Helen Mirren

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it. Ellen Goodman

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne Johnson

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done. Dale Carnegie

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. Orson Scott Card

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time. Michael Phelps

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows. Mika Brzezinski

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. Kevin Hart

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys. Kendrick Lamar

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat. Robert Griffin III

You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic. Jerry West

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have. Leonardo da Vinci

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

The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer. Johnny Cash

I feel really humbled and really grateful to have the opportunities that I've had over the past couple of years to work with some amazing people. I think, at this point, I just want to put my head down and grind and do honest work. Ben Schnetzer

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance. Luke Bryan

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride. W. Edwards Deming

Work is a prayer. And I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator. Joseph Murray

Developing 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 Perry

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. Phillips Brooks

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. Toni Morrison

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. Jim Rohn

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect. James Lafferty

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families. Melissa Bean


I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise. Orhan Pamuk

Inspiration comes of working every day. Charles Baudelaire

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business. Richard Branson

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. George Sand

O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. Abu Bakr

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. William J. Clinton

You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. Dr. Dre

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard. Meghan Daum

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. Emo Philips

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock. Pablo Picasso

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. Richard C. Armitage

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. Robert Half

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Thomas Carlyle

It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing. Matthew Henson

There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea. Gary Snyder

Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Eat all the junk food you want - as long as you cook it yourself. That way, it'll be less junky, and you won't eat it every day because it's a lot of work. Michael Pollan

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it. Cicely Tyson

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work. Elbert Hubbard

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. Ralph Bunche

Good work is good work wherever it is. Lesley Ann Warren

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength. Cesar Chavez

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. Pope John Paul II

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong. Tom Welling

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board. Antony Starr

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can. Russell Crowe

Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life. Norman Rockwell

I know it's cliche to say, 'When you do something you love you never work a day in your life.' But it is true: When you do something you love, life gets to be a little bit easier and enjoyable. So I just want people to follow their dreams. Tika Sumpter

I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material. Peter Zumthor

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are. Joel Osteen

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong. Derek Jeter

How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it. Jim Valvano

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work. Lauryn Hill

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel. Ben Stein


Quality is everyone's responsibility. W. Edwards Deming

It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself. Nick Carter

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. George Carlin

Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. Fred Armisen

I love my job. But I like to have fun at work. So I don't get finicky if one strand of hair is standing out in a shot. I don't get finicky about broken nails. I don't let small things affect me. I'm not perfect. Nobody is. There's no fun in being perfect. I enjoy my work; there's no pressure on me. Sonakshi Sinha

If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth. Elon Musk

Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything. Rachael Taylor

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. Napoleon Hill

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. Frederick W. Smith

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad. Fyodor Dostoevsky

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever. Sam Walton

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. Maria Montessori

You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. Marina Abramovic

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

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money. Walt Disney

I believe much of the pain of a breakup comes from having a life plan that you have fallen in love with. When it does not work out, you become angry that you now have to pursue a new life plan. Karen Salmansohn

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. Ronald Reagan

Whatever you wanna be, just, at the end of the day, if you're being a good person, which is not hard to be, and you're putting positive energy into the world, and you're appreciative and loving to the people around you that care about you and everybody in general, then it'll work out. Gnash

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation. Sebastian Thrun

All of us who work in law enforcement want to keep people safe. That is the heart of our jobs; it is what drives us every day. Jeff Sessions

I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds. Ellen DeGeneres

It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces. C. V. Raman

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need. Gillian Anderson

Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like it or not, the age of work is coming to an end. Gray Scott

Preparation is a mentality... With wrestling being my background, I've always learned to overwork, overwork. Work, work, work, work. It's not always the talented that wins, but it's the one who puts in the most preparation and thought into things. Dominick Cruz

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. John Boyle O'Reilly


My 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.' Tagg Romney

My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform. Mike Farrell

Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. George Lucas

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital. Oscar Wilde

I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful. Ron Conway

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. Henry Rollins

We go out to practice every single day and we have fun out there, but at the same time, we're getting work done. We're going hard. If it's reps for the scout team, we're giving them good reps. If we're getting reps for the first team as a tight end group as a whole, we try and go out there and put our best out there as a group effort. Rob Gronkowski

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't. Caitlyn Jenner

The breaks you take from work pay you back manifold when you return because you come back with a fresher mind and newer thinking. Some of your best ideas come when you're on vacation. Gautam Singhania

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace. Frederick W. Taylor

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that. George Carlin

The culture of undermining sends signals of disrespect. This approach not only saps motivation and undermines teamwork, it also lowers the motivation to work extra hours anticipating what can go wrong. John Dickerson

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem. Jim Brown

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

The demons are innumerable, appear at the most inconvenient times, and create panic and terror. But I have learnt that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage. Ingmar Bergman

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. Confucius

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction. Pablo Picasso

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd. Avril Lavigne

I think about my work every minute of the day. Jeff Koons

Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives. Roger Ebert

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. Mother Teresa

I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college. George Lucas

Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Management is nothing more than motivating other people. Lee Iacocca

Inspiration 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. Kevin Eubanks

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. Jeff Bezos

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My goal is to be able to provide for myself and not have to worry about the daily expenses. I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free. Jenn Proske

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done. Coretta Scott King


Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish. Brad Henry

You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people. Kenny Rogers

We work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted - folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them. Michelle Obama

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork. Igor Sikorsky

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. Salvador Dali

The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival. Bhumibol Adulyadej

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but there are bad dreams as well as good dreams. We're dreamers, you see, but we're also realists, of a sort. William Gibson

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch. L'Wren Scott

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. Queen Elizabeth II

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. Alex Rodriguez

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder. Tia Mowry

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine! Jimmy Smits

If I see an ending, I can work backward. Arthur Miller

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple. Oscar Niemeyer

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. Dale Carnegie

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again. Maya Angelou

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. Isak Dinesen

Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities - to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work. Klaus Schwab

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem. Julian Fellowes

I want to be a role model. I want to be able to know that I inspired girls to work hard and go for their dreams and to never give up. Laurie Hernandez

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. Gijs de Vries

I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly. Larry Page

What you are will show in what you do. Thomas A. Edison

Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the soul, and a greater grace, to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one. Saint Ignatius

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard. Serena Williams

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. Peter Drucker

For me, the most interesting people are ones who often work against their best interests. Bad choices. They go in directions where you go, 'No no no nooo!' You push away someone who is trying to love you, you hurt someone who's trying to get your trust, or you love someone you shouldn't. Paul Haggis

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.' Quincy Jones

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. John Lubbock

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Margaret Mead

I work to stay alive. Bette Davis


What we've seen over the last decade is we've seen a departure from the traditional work of the National Security Agency. They've become sort of the national hacking agency, the national surveillance agency. And they've lost sight of the fact that everything they do is supposed to make us more secure as a nation and a society. Edward Snowden

I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job. Walter Wager

Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about. Andrew Shue

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills. W. E. B. Du Bois

When you look back at your body of work, no matter what your career path, by the time you hang 'em up, if you can say, 'This place is in better shape than when I started,' then you did good. John Cena

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree. Donald Norman

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs. Coco Chanel

If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative. Rakul Preet Singh

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there. Haile Gebrselassie

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life. Marc Chagall

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. Will Smith

Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless. Elizabeth Gilbert

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else. George Halas

The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference. Maria Montessori

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Harry Golden

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken

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

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. Lee Iacocca

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest. Francis Quarles

Before 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. Chanakya

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. Milton Friedman

I feel like a tiger right now. There's nothing impossible if you get up and work for it. Michael Flatley

There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble. Jack Kemp

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family. Sanford I. Weill

Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism. Jonathan Galassi


A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that I've practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and it's something I take pride in being able to do. Avicii

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter Drucker

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. Mark Twain

When I got large enough to go to work, while employed I was reflecting on many things that would present themselves to my imagination; and whenever an opportunity occurred of looking at a book, when the school-children were getting their lessons, I would find many things that the fertility of my own imagination had depicted to me before. Nat Turner

To have faith doesn't mean you get any less frustrated when you don't do your best, but you know that it's not life and death. Take what you're given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going. Tom Lehman

From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter. Adam Grant

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

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell. Laura Ingalls Wilder

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. Elon Musk

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday. Ludacris

I work out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; take Thursday off; then I work out Friday and Saturday. So sometimes I'll eat whatever I want on Thursday, like a big breakfast of pancakes and bacon and eggs and stuff. You can eat a big, hearty breakfast because you're going to burn off most of it during the day anyway. Mark Wahlberg

It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another. Chester Bennington

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass

Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done. Barack Obama

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass

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

Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly. Vitalik Buterin

Work is much more fun than fun. Noel Coward

The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts to work as soon as you are born and doesn't stop until you get up to deliver a speech. George Jessel

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. Angela Davis

Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality. Adrienne Bailon

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with. Stevie Wonder

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. E. W. Howe

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come. Oprah Winfrey

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it. Dorothy Height

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. Evan Esar

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine. Marlee Matlin

You reach a point where you don't work for money. Walt Disney


When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody. Sojourner Truth

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women. Susan B. Anthony

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill. Travis Bradberry

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city. Frank Gehry

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running. Gary Sinise

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community. Paul Bloom

I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice as hard. Lin-Manuel Miranda

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on. David Burtka

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

Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now have the ease of trust, not the burden of proof and process. Businesses find an environment that is open and easy to work in. Narendra Modi

As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days. Frederic Chopin

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Colin Powell

When I get home, I'm not the boss like I am at work - I slip into a more feminine role. I take everything off and put on my Stella McCartney silk robe. I'll put on a red lip or red nails, and it lifts my mood. Sexy underwear also gives you a spark. Miranda Kerr

My office doubles as a karaoke den for the neighborhood. There are strobe lights and Rock Band plastic guitars, a disco ball and a fog machine and some other things. I have a really long work day, and you might find me doing karaoke by myself late at night. Jeff Kinney

Good things happen to those who hustle. Chuck Noll

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done. Junot Diaz

The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces. The combination of these technologies unlocks an incredible opportunity to connect everything together in a new way and is dramatically transforming the way we live and work. Marc Benioff


One of the very rewarding aspects of my work has been the interaction with a superb group of colleagues and friends in the atmospheric sciences community. Mario J. Molina

I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today. Christy Turlington

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. Sigmund Freud

Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there are still so many more books to read. I'm a work in progress. Sarah Addison Allen

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway. Danny DeVito

If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course it's about work. Theresa May

No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws. Charles B. Rangel

I still see the world as a place of bitter irony and black humour, failed hopes, dashed plans. I hope to make my work sparer, to outgrow my desire to show off. Clive Sinclair

I support the work of the NRA. I'm a member of the NRA. Mitt Romney

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. Annie Leibovitz

Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable. Saint Francis de Sales

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. Louis Nizer

The idea of having a steady job is appealing. Robin Williams

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen. Conan O'Brien

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Nelson Mandela

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity. Niklaus Wirth

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Saint Augustine

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. Paula Creamer

We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works. Filippo Brunelleschi

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach

Motherhood is wonderful, but it's also hard work. It's the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn't know you had. Deborah Mailman

You don't really work for awards, but when they come it's... nice. Pierfrancesco Favino


I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done. Ranbir Kapoor

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge

I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see. Omar Dorsey

I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone. Caroline Winberg

We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results. Gina Raimondo

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society. Janet Jackson

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict. Fannie Lou Hamer

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. Tennessee Williams

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' Lao Tzu

I always try to stay aggressive. I always use my strengths and always work on my weaknesses to get better. That's just who I am. Kristaps Porzingis

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. Ezekiel Emanuel

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come. Lawrence Welk

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. David Brainerd

My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore. Aly Raisman

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter - for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. Nikola Tesla

I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that's step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it. J. Cole

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team. John C. Maxwell

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. Natalie Gulbis

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up. Laurie Notaro

Computers are still technology because we are still wrestling with it: it's still being invented; we're still trying to work out how it works. There's a world of game interaction to come that you or I wouldn't recognise. It's time for the machines to disappear. The computer's got to disappear into all of the things we use. Douglas Adams

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. Max Beerbohm

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. Walt Disney

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality. Harold S. Geneen

I'm working myself to death. Alan Ladd

Feelings aroused by the touch of someone's hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith - all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well. Bernie Siegel

In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work. Mahesh Babu

There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long. Richard Nelson Bolles

I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic. Jack Kingston

We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential. Ryan Holiday

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes. Robert Baden-Powell

The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to abusing states. As a result, human rights conventions are unique among international law instruments in depending for their enforcement mostly on the activism of a global civil society movement. Michael Ignatieff

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. Margaret Fuller

Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity set the expectations for behavior; they set a standard for our work. More than just a motto, for the men and women of the FBI, Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity is a way of life. Robert Mueller

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

The biggest challenge we all face is to learn about ourselves and to understand our strengths and weaknesses. We need to utilize our strengths, but not so much that we don't work on our weaknesses. Mae Jemison

In 2008, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work done on a molecule called green fluorescent protein that was isolated from the bioluminescent chemistry of a jellyfish, and it's been equated to the invention of the microscope in terms of the impact that it has had on cell biology and genetic engineering. Edith Widder

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. Albert Camus

I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman, and she taught me to believe in myself, to work hard, play by the rules. She wanted me to get a good education, and she just told me that the best thing I could do is just study hard. Raul Labrador

Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life. Maria Montessori

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them. Jason Robert Brown

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost

Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn't get a day off. Demi Lovato

Why are people unemployed? Because there is no work. Why is there no work? Because people are not buying products and services. Why are people not buying products and services? Because they have no money. Why do people have no money? Because they are unemployed. Craig Bruce

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. Michael Jordan

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. Michael Jackson


Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sasha Cohen

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work. Ogden Nash

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence. Ayrton Senna

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done. Robin S. Sharma

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now. P. T. Barnum

I thoroughly enjoy the work I do in helping motivate and empower young girls to celebrate and love their natural selves. Dominique Dawes

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

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. Steve Jobs

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! Joyce Meyer

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs. Ron Livingston

My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA. David Suzuki

People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly. Andy Warhol

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something. Kenny Chesney

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted. John Williams

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. Andrew Carnegie

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. Sam Ewing

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile. Ellen Ochoa

The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them. Gabriel Heatter

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful. Martin Seligman

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers. Robin S. Sharma

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another. Blake Lively

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get. Warren Buffett


I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind. Kim Cattrall

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. H. L. Hunt

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth. Johnny Weir

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it. Dee Hock

My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed. Mark Warner

Have you ever noticed some people are able to stay organized while getting a massive quantity of work accomplished, while others appear to be busy but never actually produce results? Time management is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Clay Clark

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles. William Feather

The harder you work... and visualize something, the luckier you get. Seal

My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever there was work at the time. And in rural Oklahoma, that wasn't easy to find. Chuck Norris

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt

I've lived in many things - boats, caravans, and buses. I've been homeless, I've had no money: everything. But I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard. Neon Hitch

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. Adam Grant

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work. Kendrick Lamar

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport. Pope Francis

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. Constantin Stanislavski

Many hands make light work. John Heywood

It's a marathon, not a sprint. I actually feel like I come to work stronger when I've had a little time on the weekend to step away from it and enjoy my family and other things. I come back energized. If people think they're going to work 24/7, week in and week out, they're not bringing their full strength to the table. Mary Barra


What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out. Ice Cube

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' Max Planck

Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories. Said Musa

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' Don Marquis

There 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 Samit

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show. Beyonce Knowles

With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything. Antoine Griezmann

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. Simone de Beauvoir

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

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success. Heather Bresch

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term. Sylvia Mathews Burwell

All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. Dmitri Mendeleev

One must be prepared for some surprises in life - some things will work out your way, some won't. You just have to keep working and do things to the best of your ability. Fawad Khan

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. Vince Lombardi

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out. Serena Williams

I try to keep in mind that it's a long journey. It's not a race. It's about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that's all I really want to do... and pay my bills. Gina Rodriguez

Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world. Myles Munroe

One must work and dare if one really wants to live. Vincent Van Gogh

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best. Jean-Paul Sartre

I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two. Cameron Mathison


A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. Nadia Boulanger

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle

Journalism is what we need to make democracy work. Walter Cronkite

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office. Gloria Steinem

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work. Ashton Kutcher

I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard. Jay-Z

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally. Tamron Hall

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. Mother Teresa

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. A. R. Ammons

That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them. Sia

Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. Helen Fisher

I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.' Steve Martin

The work environment is very important in determining how enjoyable work is. It is very important to work with smart guys who have a superior level of intellectual bandwidth and still have softer skills as well. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Henry Ford

My wife and I work out together almost every day. It's just a great way to spend time together. We're going to run a marathon together later this year, and that's one more goal that we'll accomplish as husband and wife. Bill Rancic

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work. Bernard Hinault

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion. Misty Copeland

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. Theodore Isaac Rubin

Every 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 Dyson

To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge. Summer Sanders

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world. Richard Branson

I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person. Helena Bonham Carter


I, for one, am profoundly grateful to feel the hand of God at work in my life. But at the beginning and end of the day, when my default setting is to show kindness and love to others, I never regret it. And to me, that is what faith is all about. Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time. Queen Latifah

Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy. Dieter F. Uchtdorf

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. Jean de la Bruyere

I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something. Don Cheadle

Work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that. Tim Cook

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Leo Tolstoy

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. Ray Kroc

I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they're impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams. Katie Ledecky

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Vince Lombardi

I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. Will Smith

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts. Shirley Jackson

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work. Jeff Garcia

Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional. Jahangir Khan

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. Henry J. Kaiser

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase. Harold Wilson

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old. Lisa Leslie

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Leonardo da Vinci

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. Samuel Goldwyn

A great manager is someone who says, 'You come to work with me, and I'll help you be as successful as possible; I'll help you grow. I'll help you make sure you're in the right role; I'll provide the relationship for you to understand and know yourself. And I want you to be more successful than me.' Curt Coffman

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. J. Paul Getty


We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile. Earl Nightingale

Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution. Bill Drayton

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. Henry Ford

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. August Wilson

Canada was built around a very simple premise. A promise that you can work hard and succeed and build a future for yourselves and your kids, and that future for your kids would be better than the one you had. Justin Trudeau

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Steven Pressfield

I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive. Jessica Ennis

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. Bill Owens

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work. Chief Joseph

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Roger Staubach

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? Jackie Kennedy

In the city, we work until quitting time. On the farm, we work until the job is finished. John Bytheway

Jazz, to me, is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America: the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul - the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile. Langston Hughes

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push. Ali Fazal

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. Sheryl Sandberg

It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you see people at their work they elicit respect, whether it's a mechanic, a stonemason or an accountant. Alain de Botton

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Christina Rossetti

We 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 Ohno

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas. Damien Hirst

People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment. Narendra Modi

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. Barack Obama

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living. Harriet Tubman

The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest. Deepika Padukone

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. Margaret Thatcher


Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people. Tena Desae

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. Madeleine L'Engle

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. Julie Andrews

You can be a pretty face, but if you're not a nice person, it just doesn't work. I'm not traditionally a beauty, but apparently people think I'm all right. If you're a nice person, it definitely helps. Kate Moss

My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work. Olga Kurylenko

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work. Marty Meehan

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert

Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best. Robin S. Sharma

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. J. K. Rowling

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind. Natalie Massenet

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone. Heather Bresch

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Benjamin Franklin

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

All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth. Paramahansa Yogananda

The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete. Rudolf Diesel

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime. Kailash Satyarthi

There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas A. Edison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison

I think there are always phases in life when things get intense or difficult, whether it's the sheer volume of work or personal circumstances. And I've definitely had tough moments. The way I approach them is just to tell myself that this, too, will pass, and take it one day at a time. Marianne Lake

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. Peter Drucker

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven. Knute Rockne

From my earliest childhood, my attention was specially directed to the subject of acoustics, and specially to the subject of speech, and I was urged by my father to study everything relating to these subjects, as they would have an important bearing upon what was to be my professional work. Alexander Graham Bell

A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy. Abhishek Bachchan

Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other. Thus, no marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose, respecting and relying upon each other's strengths. Sheri L. Dew

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. Ben Carson

When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others. Cara Delevingne


A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Peter Drucker

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work. David Suzuki

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. John Dewey

While we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a single day. Robert E. Lee

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things. Byron Dorgan

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl. Amy Adams

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting. Hope Hicks

I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire. Alan Kulwicki

I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point. Chris Stapleton

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off. Reba McEntire

God has blessed me with an amazing family, friends and work colleagues that have been my joy, my support, and my sanity. I don't know what I'd do without them. Josie Loren

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Ralph Marston

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

I believe that good things come to those who work. Wilt Chamberlain

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. Arthur Conan Doyle


Abortion is wrong. I think everyone knows that, which is why abortion activists are so angry all the time. It's a bit like when you catch someone out in a lie, and they get really mad at you really quickly, and you can't work out why until later. It's guilt. Milo Yiannopoulos

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. Benjamin Franklin

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up. Randy Pausch

There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened. Bruno Mars

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in. Rose Kennedy

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. Mary Kay Ash

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better. Stanislas Wawrinka

The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something. John Lewis

Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined. Tammy Duckworth

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. Cesar Chavez

I think the best way to get a good night sleep is to work hard throughout the day. If you work hard and, of course, work out. William H. McRaven

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. Margaret Thatcher

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. Marina Abramovic

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you. Ice Cube

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible. Simon Sinek

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that. Christie Brinkley

I think that passion is the secret ingredient that drives hard work and excellence. My passion is to serve the public: to be in the arena of public policy, to have the opportunity to solve problems for our country, to be in a position where I can make a difference. Kelly Ayotte

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. Ann Landers

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. Henry David Thoreau


Ears are made not for hearing but for listening. Listening is an active skill, whereas hearing is passive. Listening is something that we have to work at - it's a relationship with sound. And yet, it's a skill that none of us are taught. Julian Treasure

When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom. Jack Antonoff

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. Charles Baudelaire

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. Henri Matisse

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working. Elon Musk

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. Nikola Tesla

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. Al Capp

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. Theodor Adorno

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired. Mark Twain

Whatever 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 Kohli

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb. Miroslav Volf

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. Harry S Truman

The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed. Tammy Duckworth

Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests. Patrick Lencioni

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life. Stephen Covey

I 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 Singh

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like. Mark Zuckerberg

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue. Peter Ustinov

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use. Ezra Koenig

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. C. Northcote Parkinson

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that. Derek Jeter

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity. Calvin Coolidge

To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving. Twyla Tharp

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. Gerald R. Ford

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. Charles Kettering

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true. Lindsey Vonn

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future. Mike Rounds

The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not. Ellen G. White

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. Robert Frost

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work. Peter Thiel

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. Ramakrishna

Learning should be engaging. Testing should not be the be all and end all. All students should have a broad curriculum that includes the arts and enrichment. Students should have opportunities to work in teams and engage in project-based learning. And student and family well-being should be front and center. Randi Weingarten


Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path. Phillip Sweet

Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another. John Muir

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. Elbert Hubbard

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed. Russel Honore

Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent animal homelessness. Kevin Nealon

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. George Herbert

Mercedes does beautiful work, absolutely. Sebastian Thrun

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems. Gever Tulley

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do. David Bowie

One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion. Eli Whitney

To me, I will be a stronger person if I'm moving forward, doing the work I want, and continue to drive: force the purpose that I want to create versus doing what other people think I should be doing, which is never a way to live. Payal Kadakia

Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed before the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by just thinking about it. That's why the power of positive thinking will not work for most people. The subconscious mind is like a tape player. Until you change the tape, it will not change. Bruce Lipton

Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street. Janet Yellen

We've had hassles, ups and downs, ins and outs, failures and triumphs. We're human beings, and we're not perfect. And we're mortal. But the Beach Boys is musically a tremendous body of work that transcends individuality and time and national boundaries. Mike Love

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. Arnold J. Toynbee

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could. Charles Erwin Wilson

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent. Matthew Quick

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn

Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden. Vikram Patel

If 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-Exupery

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. Andrew Lloyd Webber

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde

'Sunrise Sunset' is a letter I wrote to a girl I was once with who I really thought I was going to fall in love with. We tried to make it work but always had trouble maintaining a real relationship because we were both so caught up with work, life, and everything else that at the time seemed like it was the priority. Benny Cassette


Believe me, I do not like idleness but work. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value. Christian Lous Lange

Whatever you do, do with determination. You have one life to live; do your work with passion and give your best. Whether you want to be a chef, doctor, actor, or a mother, be passionate to get the best result. Alia Bhatt

We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms. Randi Weingarten

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities. Frank Murphy

There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world. Kurt Cobain

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Stephen Hawking

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. Richard Nelson Bolles

You're blessed if you have the strength to work. Mahalia Jackson

Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration. Ban Ki-moon

Make sure you are the boss. I don't think I would encourage executives that work for me to blog. There can be only 1 public vision for an organization. Mark Cuban

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. Mao Zedong

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell

For 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 Gehry

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work. Martin Parr

You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth. Wayne Dyer

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. J. Paul Getty

One 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. James E. Casey

If you work for it, you'll deserve what comes. Hard work. DeMar DeRozan


I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Angela Davis

I love my wife and I know she loves me. We're best friends. We're just lucky to have found each other. It takes a lot of work but I just feel very blessed that I found the right person. It's a very fortunate situation and not everyone has that. Harry Connick, Jr.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. John Kenneth Galbraith

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life. Jose Mourinho

Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared. Katherine Johnson

Today 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. Bill Pascrell

We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here. Quavo

Hard work, years of sacrifice, and dedication are necessary to succeed in the real world. Snowden's most notable accomplishment was lying about his military service, his experience, and education to procure a job with the NSA in the first place. Pete Hoekstra

It will be hard work. It's always hard work, and hard work from everybody within the team - technical director, mechanics, drivers, engineers - everyone in the team. David Leslie

Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered. Charles Duke

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee

I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists or writers or journalists or filmmakers, is a projection of where we were born, what's been withheld or lavished upon us, our color, our sex, our class. And everything we do in life to some degree is a reflection of that context. Barbara Kruger

You can't stop demographics. And show me a fence that ever worked. It didn't work at Hadrian's Wall. The Great Wall of China didn't work. The Berlin Wall. James Turrell

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all. Fidel Castro

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. Robert Frost

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever! Eliot Ness

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent. Guy Kawasaki

I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style, and that's what my work is about. Giambattista Valli

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Jesus Christ

You 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. Anatole France

The end of labor is to gain leisure. Aristotle

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. Aristotle

Work 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 Johnson

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. Michael Jordan

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. Gordon Ramsay

It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense. Gwen Moore

I would say, as an entrepreneur everything you do - every action you take in product development, in marketing, every conversation you have, everything you do - is an experiment. If you can conceptualize your work not as building features, not as launching campaigns, but as running experiments, you can get radically more done with less effort. Eric Ries

Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light. Edvard Munch

Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want. Pat Summitt

By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface. Buzz Aldrin

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. Francis of Assisi

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside. Julie Andrews

I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world. Will Poulter

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. Bertrand Russell

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. A. A. Milne

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done. Susan B. Anthony

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form. Gloria Steinem

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. Mahatma Gandhi

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken. Elon Musk

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it. Edmund Hillary

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Thomas A. Edison

I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I work to bring them into existence. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause. Toussaint Louverture

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Lucille Ball


This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. Bette Davis

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius. Anna Pavlova

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

No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex. Susan B. Anthony

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment. V. E. Schwab

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. Alvin Ailey

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. St. Jerome

I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work. James Wong Howe

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? J. Paul Getty

My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me. Nate Robinson

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together. Margaret J. Wheatley

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy. Wislawa Szymborska

At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure. Erin Cummings

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work. Satya Nadella

A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it. Joan Lunden

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. Noel Coward

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Norman Vincent Peale

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic. Harsha Bhogle

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley

It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide. Jane Goodall

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Earl Nightingale

The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work. Fabrizio Moreira

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work. Rosa Parks

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. Joshua Waitzkin

Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking. Drew Gilpin Faust

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication. Michael Diamond

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. Vince Lombardi

You don't hire for mediocrity. Instead, you bring people onto your team because you know that they'll make a valuable contribution and turn in amazing work. But, in order to have that expectation, you need to make sure you're fostering an environment that allows them to do so. Kathryn Minshew

Effective networking isn't a result of luck - it requires hard work and persistence. Lewis Howes

Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely. Deepika Padukone

It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve. Mo Farah

I love to watch the movement of light on water, and I love to play in rivers and lakes, swimming or canoeing. I am fascinated by people who work with water - fishermen, boatmen - and by a way of life that is dominated by water. Berlie Doherty

No 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 Tennyson

The greatest teacher I know is the job itself. James Cash Penney

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. Frank Zappa

You make mistakes, but I don't have any regrets. I'm the kind of person who takes responsibility for it and deals with it. I learn from everything I do. I work very hard, I have so many things going on in my life. Get to know me and see who I am. Kim Kardashian

Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward. Kyle Shewfelt

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream. Tommy Hilfiger


I dress in my 'uniform,' or my own dress code, which reflects my personal method and work ethic. My belief is that my plain T-shirt - I have about 40 of them - or blue sweater helps focus others' attention on me and on what I say. Giorgio Armani

As information technology restructures the work situation, it abstracts thought from action. Shoshana Zuboff

If ballots won't work, bullets will. Malcolm X

A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence. A. A. Milne

It's about having an active lifestyle, staying healthy, and making the right decisions. Life is about balance. Not everybody wants to run a marathon, but we could all start working out and being active, whether you walk to work or take an extra flight of stairs. Apolo Ohno

If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. Kim Kardashian

The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart. Patrick Lencioni

It's the way I study - to understand something by trying to work it out or, in other words, to understand something by creating it. Not creating it one hundred percent, of course; but taking a hint as to which direction to go but not remembering the details. These you work out for yourself. Richard P. Feynman

We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman. Lilly Ledbetter

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect. Harold Ramis

There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work. Jeffrey Gitomer

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions. Alexander McQueen

The love of what you do, combined with your belief in what you do, will not determine your success. It will determine how hard you will work and how dedicated you will be to achieving it. Success just shows up from there. Jeffrey Gitomer

When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect. Diego Della Valle

The fact that I was black and desirous to do my work, the other kids would call me a coconut, as if I were somehow attempting to be white. The bullying was real: I'd get punched, spat at, terrible things. David Oyelowo

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. Bobby Scott

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others. Wole Soyinka

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert. B. C. Forbes

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. George Carlin

We need to have complete certainty that things will work out, not because we are righteous or wise, but because of the time, the effort, the prayers, and the tools we are using. From the moment we are given awareness about some bigger picture or mission, we have to have complete focus on what to do to get to that place. Yehuda Berg

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it. James Levine

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith. Russell Simmons

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life. Brian Tracy

I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free. Jenn Proske

For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship. Chris Hadfield

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. Buddha

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. Michael Korda

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera. Patrick Demarchelier

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller

Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another. Simon Mainwaring

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more. Jose Mujica

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do. Shane Claiborne

Schools reward their students for a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and hard work - in the classroom and on the playing fields. But these metrics don't help kids understand that great grades are not a pass for a great life. Steve Blank

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. Iain Duncan Smith

If it's old school friends that my parents know, then I can stay out till late. But if they don't know them, they want me home by 9 P.M. If I have work, then I don't have a deadline. I don't argue with them. That's how I have been raised, and I'm happy with it. Tena Desae

For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons. John Roos

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there. Shirley Jackson

To 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 Kendrick

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast. Leonard Nimoy

I feel I am lucky. I am grateful for this life that God has given me. I am happy, as I am getting to do work that I want to do and enjoy doing it. Sonam Kapoor

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment. Amy Jo Martin

Unemployment insurance, abolishing child labor, the 40-hour work week, collective bargaining, strong banking regulations, deposit insurance, and job programs that put millions of people to work were all described, in one way or another, as 'socialist.' Yet, these programs have become the fabric of our nation and the foundation of the middle class. Bernie Sanders

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?' Chuck Schumer


Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Satchel Paige

Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today. Gary Hamel

In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.' Michael Keaton

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person. Pink

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not. Leonardo da Vinci

Imagine having all of your freedoms taken away, being forced to work against your will, and constantly living under the threat of violence - in short, being forced to live as a slave. Sadly, this situation is a reality for millions of children, women, and men each year as part of the global human trafficking industry. Bill Flores

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences. Pierre Bourdieu

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. Dylan Thomas

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. Thorstein Veblen

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face. Johnny Depp

I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day. N. R. Narayana Murthy

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. Ginger Rogers

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to. Nate Berkus

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Samuel Butler

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. Simon Sinek

When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling. Derek Jeter

I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about. Warren Buffett

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up. Andy Weir

Management must manage! Harold S. Geneen

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule. Louis E. Boone

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. Alanis Morissette

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting. Matt Smith

Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken. Hoda Kotb

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. Federico Fellini

The painter, sculptor, writer, and musician are protected by law. So are inventors. But the chef has absolutely no redress for plagiarism on his work; on the contrary, the more the latter is liked and appreciated, the more will people clamour for his recipes. Auguste Escoffier

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work. Jacques Yves Cousteau

By the work one knows the workman. Jean de La Fontaine

The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment. C. V. Raman

I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground. Lionel Messi

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work. Zig Ziglar

Selfless service to the people and resolution of their problems should be the top priority of local bodies representatives, as they can come up to the expectations of the people only through service, hard work, and honesty. Shehbaz Sharif

Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want? Wassily Kandinsky

Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it with as much originality as you can, and don't skimp on the words. Work on the words. Bob Seger

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius. Anna Pavlova

The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty. Alex Spanos

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough. Robert Kraft

Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. Albert Camus

Just be yourself. Be honest, work towards a goal, and you'll achieve it. Emraan Hashmi

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it. Michael Pena


I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. Margaret Thatcher

The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream. Robert Reich

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice. Jim Morrison

Work 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 Gibran

I believe in love. I believe in good stories. I play really hard on the weekends because I like to have those stories. My wife and I go off and do craziness all the time. We're just like, 'What can we go get into this weekend?' Then we have other ones where we just sit and do nothing and then we have work that we do. It's all memories. Channing Tatum

Honor lies in honest toil. Grover Cleveland

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. Ken Robinson

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. Lou Holtz

I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not. Eden Hazard

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked. Steve Wozniak

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling. Kara Walker

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day. Magic Johnson

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together. Chuck Jones

If people work together in an open way with porous boundaries - that is, if they listen to each other and really talk to each other - then they are bound to trade ideas that are mutual to each other and be influenced by each other. That mutual influence and open system of working creates collaboration. Richard Thomas

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. George Allen, Sr.

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. Chanakya

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. Pearl S. Buck

Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency. Johnny Isakson

Life 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 Patterson

I think when you work really hard and you help others, God helps you get what you want. Gina Rodriguez

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. Ann Richards

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling. Eric Davis

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. Tryon Edwards

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. Paul Giamatti

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice. Beyonce Knowles

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized. Marilyn vos Savant

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work. Charles Barkley

If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything. Carli Lloyd

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. Margaret Thatcher

There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy. Kat Graham

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. Ray Kroc

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement. James H. Douglas, Jr.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. Colin Powell

The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah. Afrika Bambaataa

I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for. Diana Lopez

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man. Alexander Hamilton

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. William Osler

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. George Burns

A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer. Mae Jemison

We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre. Andy Biersack


Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. Stephen Covey

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it. David Bowie

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. Thomas A. Edison

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. S. E. Hinton

I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen. Nathan Gamble

Play is the work of childhood. Jean Piaget

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo

Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Wassily Kandinsky

Life wasn't easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily, everything would have come easily, and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work. Caitlyn Jenner

The biggest thing is the heart. If you find the heart in what you do, if it's stage work, set work, modeling, you find the heart of it, that's where the truth actually stems from. Our true personality shines from within. Jamie Brewer

My journey through life has led me through both light and dark places, and it's because of those experiences that I have learned how to work through my character defects and to help others do the same. Jessie Pavelka

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Horace

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. Eugene Ionesco

I work on the motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way to do it. Nicholas Winton

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born. Anna Held

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. Meek Mill

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality. Mitch Hedberg

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay. Clara Barton

It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them. Boris Johnson

Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it. Ursula Burns

My father taught my siblings and me the importance of positive values and a strong ethical compass. He showed us how to be resilient, how to deal with challenges, and how to strive for excellence in all that we do. He taught us that there's nothing that we cannot accomplish if we marry vision and passion with an enduring work ethic. Ivanka Trump

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Marc Anthony

I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on a good night and drinking wine until I go to bed, and having fun with my friends. You just have to make time for it and keep it balanced. Joe Bastianich

How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper. George Muller

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. William Shakespeare

Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more. Sharon Stone

The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work. Lucas Grabeel

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. Anne Frank

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head. Shirley Temple

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that. Katie Ledecky

When I work with other people, I try to make up for their shortcomings with my strengths, and I let others make up for my flaws with their strengths. I try to co-operate with people around me when working in a group. I like to enhance team spirit on set. I try to get everyone involved in the action. Song Joong-ki

In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. Paul Singer

When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that. Burning Spear

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment. Susan Wojcicki

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain. Billy Graham

It's a great feeling when your work is appreciated. Jacqueline Fernandez

I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work. Katherine Johnson

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise. Evander Holyfield

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. Will Smith

Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. Bob Hope

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust. Hillary Clinton

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Every noble work is at first impossible. Thomas Carlyle

You get better at working by working. And if you don't work, you're not getting better. Terry Crews

Routines may include taking a warm bath or a relaxing walk in the evening, or practicing meditation/relaxation exercises. Psychologically, the completion of such a practice tells your mind and body that the day's work is over and you are free to relax and sleep. Andrew Weil

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up. Nancy Greene

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Meryl Streep

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. Mother Teresa

I drink too much, I smoke too much, I take pills too much, I work too much, I girl around too much, I everything too much. Bob Fosse


The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse will carry you to the end of the book on feather wings while 'Foster the People' plays gently in the background. Storytelling is work. Pleasurable work, usually, but it is work. Maggie Stiefvater

Surface R&B doesn't work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show - that's not really where it's at any more. It's becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed. Drake

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. Alan Watts

If I'm not working, I'm either sleeping or preparing for the next day of work. Monica Raymund

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

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. Ann Landers

Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together. Winona LaDuke

Work alone is noble. Thomas Carlyle

Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities. Nargis Fakhri

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Honest labor bears a lovely face. Thomas Dekker

My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work. Gregor Mendel

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Robert Kennedy

Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter - don't just be good at one thing; be good at everything. Brock Lesnar

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver

Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; you don't have to be their best friend. You can experience the fun of competition and driving toward a common goal without pushing to bond in some major way with each individual on a project. Kathleen Kennedy

You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself. Sally Hawkins

I'm so not stylish by nature, but I've learned to work with what I have. Julie Bowen

Everyone has a different body shape, so you kind of have to figure out not only what works best for your body type, but what also makes you feel confident. Even if everyone thinks you look good in a bikini, and you don't feel good in it, you're not going to be at your best. If you feel great in a bikini, you can always work it. Gigi Hadid

What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary, where international relations are not based on greed... but on cooperation... where human beings can own the means of production and work together rather than having to work as semi-slaves to other people who can hire and fire. Bernie Sanders

When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there's less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things. Justin Rosenstein

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter

While you're going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you're having fun, you'll find you are having fun. Jean Chatzky

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it. Robert Kiyosaki

My father used to say, 'I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.' I grew up with that in my mind. Roberto Clemente

I've been blessed to be somebody that's been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it's all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I'm saying, and it feels good 'cause it's good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible. DJ Khaled

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before. Rafael Nadal

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit. Rachael Ray

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family. Philip Green

I thank my personal staff for their restless sacrifice for my work. Oskar Schindler