Work Ethic Quotes

“I always started a job with the feeling that I'd soon quit or be fired, and this gave ma a relaxex manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

“Pain is weakness leaving the body.”
― United States Marine Corps

“Just relax. Everyone around you is working too hard.”
― Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

“Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that, finally, he did no work at all.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

“The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; he can only enjoy, with a good conscience, what he has acquired with toil and trouble; he refused to have anything as a gift.”
― Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture

“All work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“... work is an act of worship. When people seek to fulfill their callings by glorifying God in their work, praising Him for their gifts and abilities, and seeing both their efforts and its products as an offering to Him, then work is an act of worship to God. On the other hand, when work is done to glorify oneself or merely to achieve more wealth, it becomes worship of false gods. How we work and for whom we work really matters.”
― Brian Fikkert

“You always need to work hard. You always need to be willing to work hard. Not everything will be hard, but you should, at the very least, be willing to work hard.”
― Tom Giaquinto, Be A Good Human

“If you are not working towards something, your life will end with nothing.”
― Habeeb Akande

“Respect can only be given to those who have earned it by working for it.”
― Habeeb Akande

“Hard work is much more important than talent”
― Carlo Rotella

“Beginner's luck is great for beginners.”
― Robert Fripp

“Our shortcomings drive us, motivate us – to work harder or realize another purpose/talent.”
― Aaron B. Powell

“Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.”
― Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

“People who are winning at working don't ignore the problems they encounter.”
― Nan S. Russell

“Confidence is a pencil best sharpened with paper.”
― Kale Burton

“It's not about what you have to do, its what you need to do.”
― Habeeb Akande

“You'll never get anything done by sitting on your hands or by wringing them. Try getting them dirty for a change and you'll be surprised by how much you can accomplish.”
― Belva Rae Staples

“All I've ever wanted is an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.”
― Nat Hiken, Sergeant Bilko

“Work/Loaf Ratio”...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the “W/LR” save to say that it is an algebraic formula of such complex numeric subtlety that it can be understood only by mathematicians and hobos.”
― Gary Reilly, The Heart of Darkness Club

“Jangan meremehkan pekerjaan walaupun tugas berkesan sangat ringan dan mudah dikerjakan, bahkan terlampau ringan untuk kualifikasi yang kita miliki.”
― Rini Nurul Badariah

“Onszelf beschouwen als het middelpunt van het heelal, de huidige tijd als het hoogtepunt van de geschiedenis en onze geplande vergaderingen als gebeurtenissen van het grootst mogelijke gewicht, voorbijgaan aan de lessen die begraafplaatsen ons leren, slechts nu en dan een boek lezen, de druk van deadlines voelen, tegen collega's snauwen, ons door conferentieroosters heen werken met vermeldingen als:'11.00 uur tot 11.15 uur: koffiepauze', ons inhalig en zonder scrupules gedragen en ten slotte opbranden in de strijd - misschien is dit alles uiteindelijk de wijsheid die ons werk ons te bieden heeft.”
― Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

“Life will be better when we start to enjoy it”
― Putu Satria Jaya Guna

“He wanted to believe it was of the Agency’s unwritten protocol; the less you know about your associates, the better it is for both of you professionally”
― Derek Haas The Right hand