My Favorite 38 Quotes About Work

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My 38 Favorite Quotes About Work

I reviewed hundreds of quotations about work and selected 38 that I believe are particularly worthy of your time.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. Go out and make some good things happen. Barack Obama

Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin Roosevelt

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. Milton Friedman

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Benjamin Franklin

Spiritual Leaders

Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! David O. McKay

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. Francis Chan

The Entertainment World

Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working. Will Smith

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. George Lucas

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. Ginger Rogers

I always got my work done before playing. Edwin Moses

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

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

Business

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter Drucker

Give yourself something to work toward — constantly. Mary Kay Ash

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality. Harold Geneen

Science

There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas Edison

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

The greatest teacher I know is the job itself. James Cash Penney

Writers

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. Stephen King

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. Anne Frank

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. Booker T. Washington

Work alone is noble. Thomas Carlyle

Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. Patrick Suskind

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. Dylan Thomas

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. George Lorimer

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles. William Feather

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now. Margaret Fuller

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it. Olin Miller

Motivational specialists

Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. Jim Rohn

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie

Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor. Brian Tracy

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. Zig Ziglar

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile. Gary Ryan Blair

A Portuguese Proverb

Think of many things; do one.

I read this aloud on YouTube.

You can reach career and personal coach Dr. Marty Nemko at mnemko@comcast.net