Work

Honore De Balzac
“All happiness depends on courage and work.” — Honore de Balzac
Colin Powell
“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.” — Colin Powell
Vidal Sassoon
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
James Matthew Barrie
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. ” — James Matthew Barrie
Earl Nightingale
“Don't concern yourself with the money. Be of service. Build. Work. Dream. Create.” — Earl Nightingale
Charlie Chaplin
“The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live. ” — Charlie Chaplin
Kabir
“As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero.” — Kabir
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Work is always an antidote to depression.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
Henry Ford
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ” — Henry Ford
Napoleon Hill
“Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.” — Napoleon Hill
John Carmack
“If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” — John Carmack
Alexander Graham Bell
“Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.” — Alexander Graham Bell
Aristotle
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” — Aristotle
Simon Sinek
“Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.” — Simon Sinek
Thomas Edison
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” — Thomas Edison
Celestine Chua
“Stop wasting time defending your problems and work on addressing them instead.” — Celestine Chua
Elon Musk
“It's very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life and your job is gonna be quite miserable.” — Elon Musk
Michael Jordan
“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.” — Michael Jordan
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you don't get the results.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Alexander Graham Bell
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to focus.” — Alexander Graham Bell
Gary Keller
“Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.” — Gary Keller
Andrew Carnegie
“The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.” — Andrew Carnegie
Oprah Winfrey
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.” — Oprah Winfrey
Stephen Hawking
“Never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.” — Stephen Hawking
Roy T. Bennett
“Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.” — Roy T. Bennett
Og Mandino
“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile.” — Og Mandino
John Eliot
“Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.” — John Eliot
Richard Bach
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” — Richard Bach
Gustave Flaubert
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert
Earl Nightingale
“Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” — Earl Nightingale
George Bernard Shaw
“The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.” — George Bernard Shaw
Vincent Van Gogh
“I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.” — Vincent van Gogh
Colin Powell
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
Vince Lombardi
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” — Vince Lombardi
Maxime Lagace
“The truly rich men are the ones who have health, loved ones and a work they love.” — Maxime Lagace
Peter A. Cohen
“No idea, no matter how good, will work if it doesn't get used.” — Peter A. Cohen
Samuel Butler
“To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.” — Samuel Butler
Colin Powell
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” — Colin Powell
Kamal Ravikant
“We don't stumble accidentally into an amazing life. It takes decision, a commitment to consistently work on ourselves.” — Kamal Ravikant
Vince Lombardi
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vince Lombardi
Charles Darwin
“What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!” — Charles Darwin
Anne Frank
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” — Anne Frank
Vaclav Havel
“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” — Vaclav Havel
Andrew Carnegie
“TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.” — Andrew Carnegie
Stephen King
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and got to work.” — Stephen King
Brian Tracy
“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.” — Brian Tracy
Ming-dao Deng
“Receive without complaint, Work with fate.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Lao Tzu
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu
George Bernard Shaw
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw
Oprah Winfrey
“Don't worry about being successful, but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.” — Oprah Winfrey

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