Work Quotes

You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

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Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

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Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head.

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There is no excellence without labor, in the furnace, God may try you, thus to bring thee forth more bright.

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It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

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Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

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Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a wealthy widow.

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I love the work; I could sit and look at it for hours.

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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

Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated.

Jennifer Aniston

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Mother Teresa

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.

Henry Rollins

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Joseph Brodsky

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Thornton Wilder

Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first.

Josh Billings

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

Ann Rule

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

I never worked a day in my life. It's not work when you love what you're doing.

David Shakarian

If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.

Mitch Hedberg