Work

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Thomas Jefferson

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninty-nine percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninty-nine percent perspiration.

Idleness is the mother of all vices.

Idleness is the mother of all vices.

Russian proverbs

There are no gains without pains.

There are no gains without pains.

Benjamin Franklin

You can build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.

You can build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

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.

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.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Theodore Roosevelt

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

John C. Maxwell

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.