My Work Quotes

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.

To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work.

I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

We must have an America in which White men and women can live and work, in their homes and in the streets of our cities, without fear.

I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person... Only thing I can do is work at it.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.

Being an ugly woman is like being a man. You're gonna have to work. Yep.

In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen.

To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.

I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work.

Suicide note. "To my friends. My work is done why wait?"

The minute we think we went hard, go harder. We gotta work.

Work is changing for men as much as it is for women.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Work is love made visible.

So many groups fail because they spend all their time in the clubs. Work pours in and they can't handle it because of late-night drinking.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.

God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.

No great work of art is ever finished.

You get up early in the morning and you work all day. That’s the only secret.

Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds, and work that nourish you.

It's important to wake up everyday and remind yourself what you're working towards. You create your own life, it's not set out there for you.

A man's bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.

Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

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

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

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