Work Quotes
“I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.”
-- Paula Deen
“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.”
-- Ed Bradley
“And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.”
-- Will Smith
“I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.”
-- Steve Prefontaine
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”
-- Elbert Hubbard
“Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”
-- Mother Teresa
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.”
-- Booker T. Washington
“My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.”
-- Abdul Kalam
“In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.”
-- Willie Mays
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.”
-- Henry Van Dyke
“Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.”
-- Brian Tracy
“Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
-- John Ruskin