Work Quotes - Page 54

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a daïs of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.

The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.

A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system.

You have to work from one point to go to another. So I admire work ethic, I think it should be reinforced through our neighborhoods, that everybody should work hard, practice makes perfect, you have to be diligent with what you want, you have to apply yourself, you have to motivate your self. You have to do for self by yourself, and then you can do things for other people. That's what I had to do, I had to do for self.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.

Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!

There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.

Don't use your mind for a filing cabinet. Use your mind to work out problems and find answers; file away good ideas in your journal.

When somebody shares, everybody wins.

You know, you don't have to have money to be a successful businessperson. You don't need a college degree. You just need a lot of common sense backed up by a willingness to work hard.

You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

Never confuse movement with action.

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

You can predict a person?s future and divine his bank balance if you know two things: the books he reads, the people he associates with.

Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.