There’s only one way to the top: hard work.

As I sit here now, when I take off my shoe and I look down at my scar, I see beauty in it. I see all the hard work, all the sacrifices. I see the...

When it comes to work, I will stop at nothing. When it comes to writing, I will never stop.

The way to attract good luck is to be reliable in a valuable area. The more you repeatedly deliver value, the more people seek you out for that value. Your reputation is a magnet. Once...

Most of us spend all our working life dreaming of doing nothing, then when we end up doing nothing, we long for something. When we have neither longing, I think that is what they call...

The goal is not simply to ‘work hard, play hard.’ The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable.

Work as hard as you can. Even though what you work on and who you work with are more important.

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 and sweat and...

I don’t care how rich you are. I don’t care whether you’re a top Wall Street banker. If somebody has to tell you when to be at work, what to wear and how to behave,...

Work your craft; until it becomes an art from.

The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

You’ll do better work if you’re bored rather than busy.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

In many ways an artist is his work. It’s difficult to separate the two. I think I can be brutally objective about my work as I create it, and if something doesn’t work, I can...

I moved out of my head office and went out of my mind.

You have to work a bit harder to offend me because I’m from the home of some of the best racism in the world. I’m a snob when it comes to racism.

Hard work is not always something you can see. It is not always physical effort. In fact, the most powerful form of hard work is thinking clearly. Designing a winning strategy may not look very...

There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some...

I’ve been a scoundrel in my life. I’ve been selfish. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second...

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

Virginity comes standard. A good head is earned.

The essence of education is not to get a certificate or job but, to be a holistically developed person who can positively impact the society.

When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is one large scoreboard where someone is listing the points to measure our worth....

The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself...

Let’s all roll up our sleeves and get back to work. Or let’s create jobs where other people roll up other people’s sleeves, so these other people can get to work helping other people get...

The goal is not to pray and wait around for a miracle to happen, but to pray and then worker harder than ever with faith.

At this point it would appear they are where they should be, … They have a lot of work to do in the next few weeks, but it appears they are on line to have...

I don’t think anybody could say with a straight face that there hasn’t been some of the flow of work hasn’t been more challenging. Leadership challenges can rub emotions raw and strain relationships.

They’re doing the work that a student would do in an honors course. Putting that label on it makes it more valuable to the student. It shows they are doing more than the other students...

Take pride in your workweek, not your weak work.

Taking a break. Been working solid for the last few hours, as opposed to working liquid, which is more drinkable. Can I pour you a glass of productivity?

That’s what makes him The Godfather. It always seems to work out.

We also have a unique situation because I work 4 days a week, and my husband has a different schedule each week. We needed someone to be flexible with the hours we used. We didn’t...

We’ve found that these voluntary programs just don’t work,

Sometimes, … we go to call one, and just start at the top and work our way down. But Michelle is actually very organized, and she does a very good job of keeping everything together.

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine

They’re very important to the hockey team. I wouldn’t even call them third or fourth lines. They work so hard and they cause a lot of trouble.

The works which this man leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and yet his name will shine out with lustre in the history of...

The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

The world, and therefore the workplace, is full of idiots. And the reality of life is that when you get rid of one idiot, another will show up to take his place. It’s the curse...

We had visceral, rich memories of dull, interminable hours. Then a day would pass in perfect harmony with our projects, our family members, and our coworkers, and we couldn’t believe we were getting paid for...

I flopped on the overstuffed kitchen couch and watched him go. I wondered what would happen to all his films and photographs in the upstairs closet – the documentaries on homelessness and drug addiction, the...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life...

Work is not your enemy but your friend. How you work, not what you do, determines the course of your life. You may work grudgingly or you may work gratefully; you may work as a...

I think he got enough work in the preseason to be ready for the first game. We did the best we could under the circumstances. We’ll continue to try to develop him in the beginning...

[…] they imagine that the life they are obliged to lead is not that for which they are really fitted, and they bring to their regular occupations either a fantastic indifference or a sustained and...

Another nine percent is mediocre, and then there are those rare gems that are actually useable.

Work like you don’t need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you’ve never been hurt.