526 Quotes About Work-ethic

Gjithë fatkeqësia vjen kur njeriu kërkon të rrojë pa fituar, te fitojë pa punuar, të punojë pa u lodhur.

It was my shop, which meant I could come and go as I pleased. But it was my shop, which meant my absence was noted.

Hard work isn’t a punishment; it’s a gift.

The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. It is true, that no diligence can ascertain success; death may intercept the swiftest career; but he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank, and has fought the battle, though he missed the victory.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Today's inaction is tomorrow's reality.

A man who has cursed the boss all evening to his confreres is almost always a man who goes to bed feeling at peace with the world, and who wakes up ready to put out a good day's work.

You'll encounter many obstacles on the road to success, don't allow yourself to be one of them.

The magic of Paul’s intelligence is that he has more patience than anyone I’ve ever met, and with it he simply wears problems down. To count a hundred million stars, he told me once, at the rate of one per second, sounds like a job that no one could possibly complete in a lifetime. In reality, it would only take three years. The key is focus, a willingness not to be distracted. And that is Paul’s gift: an intuition of just how much a person can do slowly.