Work Ethic Quotes

Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable.

[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'", March 25, 2007.)

Some say if you want success surround yourself with successful people. I say if you want true and lasting success surround yourself with people of integrity.

Be as successful as a Smith.

If you don’t know your tendencies and can’t analyze when you are most effective, then how can you get the most done in the least amount of time with the best results?

If you have to repeatedly chase after someone when you have a great opportunity, don't bother, if they aren't responsive, they aren't the type of person who'll succeed at it anyway.

If you're not aiming at perfection, you're not trying hard enough.

A Star is always a star no matter what stage they are on or at

Information that a book possesses is made of time

Reason Develops Passion, Passion Creates Motivation, Motivation is the driving force behind all actions = GREAT RESULTS.

Professionalism shouldn't be defined by a persons paycheck, role or title. It should be defined by a persons work ethic

We all need salespeople with humility, honesty, integrity, empathy and an old-fashioned work ethic that ensures the job gets done.

I am not smart, I pay attention.I am not considerate, I listen.I am not patient, I make time. I’m not lucky, I work hard.

My two most unproductive days of the week have always been yesterday and tomorrow. Keeping that in mind, I try to focus majority of my attention on today.

If you aren't hurting after a good workout then obviously you haven't done something right

The most gratifying action plan that one can conceive is one that others deem unattainable only to be proven wrong.

He believed with all his heart that we should spend our lives in happiness and service, in joy and work, in kindness and in love, and he lived... and died... what he believed.

You need to make effort and commit time to do what you love.

You have a responsibility to keep your homes, surroundings and city clean.

Your true passion in life is what you’d be doing if somebody handed you 100 million dollars.

One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.

I've discovered I am most comfortable outside my comfort zone.

It’s good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you’ll get there, not because you’re destined to, but because you’re determined to.

Talent and work ethic are nothing without belief.

Life will be better when we start to enjoy it

I don't know how to do it today, but I will know how to do it tomorrow and do it.

Show your vulnerability, but have faith. You will succeed. Growth is not glamorous.

If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.

It's not what you do, but what you appear to do.

When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job.

He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted.

It is an exciting adventure, doing what you love.

Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.

Whenever I'm running an hour late for for work, it always makes me feel better when I can leave an hour early at the end of the day to make up for it.

If there is no perfection of a work, be sure the perfection of a plan.

Allow the beauty of all that we love be reflected in who we are and in our actions.

Anything done without character can only end in catastrophe.

A man will will never know a woman until he knows her work.

Something for nothing given to one group is nothing for something taken from another.

Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do but you suck it up and do it anyway, and that's what teaches you humility, work ethic, responsibility, and follow-through.

Respect can only be given to those who have earned it by working for it.

Our shortcomings drive us, motivate us – to work harder or realize another purpose/talent.

It couldn’t last. Everyone was just killing time. But if all they did was kill time, time would end up killing them.

Whatever you do, be sure to do it well.

It was a horrible process to get to this. It took me my whole life. If you’re new at this — and by 'new at it, ' I mean 15 years in, or even 20 — you’re just starting to get traction.

It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity.

The spirit of excellence exorcises the demon of mediocrity.

If you want to know the real reasons behind that attitude, think of the thought behind that attitude

You can't expect to reap a harvest that you're not willing to plant.

I had a dream that I would be successful and happy in life…I woke up running out of breath, because I’ve been chasing this dream for quite a while now.