Quotes About Work

I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity.

Anybody who is not pulling his weight is probably pushing his luck.

Luck whines; labor whistles.

There is no such thing as making the miracle happen spontaneously and on the spot. You've got to work.

So much of life, so much of work, is luck.

My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.

Luck relies on chance, labor on character.

Le discutí un penique a la Vida, y la Vida no me dio más, por mucho que le imploré durante noche cuando contaba mis escasos bienes. Porque la Vida es un amo justo que te da lo que le pides, pero cuando has fijado el precio debes aguantar la tarea. Trabajé por un salario de jornalero sólo para descubrir, perplejo, que cualquier paga que hubiera pedido a la Vida ésta me la hubiese concedido de buen grado.

Face It Some people fancy that to Dodge some work that they ought to do is about the easiest possible thing to do. The truth is, however, it is always easier to walk right up to your work and — Pace It. No one but laggards dig up excuses for Dodging what they should Face.

most men will work harder for commendation and recognition than they will for money alone.

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Generally speaking, an idea is an impulse of thought that impels action

The surest law in the world is the Law of Compensation. Its Justice works continually. If you do a Service you get back a Service. If you do Nothing you get back Nothing. Mere existence is not Living. Into your twenty-four hours put Work and Play and Rest, but at no time be a Bystander.

Le discutí un penique a la Vida, Y la vida no me dio más, Por más que le implorara de noche Cuando contaba mis escasos bienes. La Vida es un amo justo, y te da lo que le pides, Pero cuando has fijado el precio, Debes soportar la faena Trabajé por un salario de jornalero, Sólo para descubrir perplejo, Que cualquier salario que le hubiera pedido a la Vida, Esta me lo hubiese pagado de buen grado.

Make it your business to render more service and better service than that for which you are paid, and lo! before you realize what has happened, you will find that the world is willingly paying you for MORE THAN YOU DO!

That the quality of service you render, plus the quantity, plus the mental attitude in which you render it determines the sort of job you hold and the amount of pay you receive.—NAPOLEON HILL

The man who is successful is the man who works hard during business hours, and then goes home and leaves his office behind him and takes up play.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

The man who is successful is the man who works hard during business hours, and then goes home and leaves his office behind him and takes up play. A man should devote a part of each day to recreation, to outdoor exercise, to frivolity and to frolicking with his children at home. If he does not care to play, worry will take the place of play. Worry and hard work together will kill a man. Work and play will make him live.

The person who uses his free time solely for personal pleasure and play will never be a success at anything. Your

TAKE RICHES AWAY FROM INDUSTRY BY ORGANIZED FORCE OF NUMBERS, INSTEAD OF THE BETTER METHOD OF GIVING A FAIR DAY'S WORK FOR A FAIR DAY'S PAY.

There is no such thing as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!

Forced idleness is far worse than forced labor. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control and strength of will and content and a hundred other virtues which the idle will never know.

Do not expect something for nothing. Be willing to give an equivalent value for all that you desire, and include in your plans a definite provision for doing so.

Millions of men and women throughout the nation are still engaged in this popular pastime of trying to GET without GIVING. Some of them are lined up with labor unions, where they demand shorter hours and more pay! Others do not take the trouble to work at all. They demand government relief and are getting it.