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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi or •Donald Kendall My grandfather read more
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi or •Donald Kendall My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. •Indira Gandhi I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. •Douglas Adams There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. •William Bennett The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. •Robert Frost When work is a pleasure, life is a joy; when work is a duty, life is slavery. •Maksim Gorky One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. •Elbert Hubbard It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. •Jerome K Jerome One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. •Bertrand Russell Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. •Lily Tomlin Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. •Robert Benchley Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. •Thomas Edison 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 Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love. •David McCullough Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. •John G. Pollard Banker: A fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. •Mark Twain
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
 Who first invented work, and bound the free
 And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
  To that read more 
 Who first invented work, and bound the free
 And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
  To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .
   Sabbathless Satan! 
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so read more
Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so strong that is insurmountable.
 Free men freely work:
 Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.  
 Free men freely work:
 Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease. 
 Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you 
employed.
 [Lat., Facito aliquid operis, read more 
 Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you 
employed.
 [Lat., Facito aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat 
occupatum.] 
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.