Work Quotes - Page 77

The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.

You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.

People work in the system. Management creates the system

The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

The secret to success is... is no secret. It's called work your Ass off and find a way to add more value to peoples lives than anyone else does!

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it's usually too late, we've used it up. What we have to do is work like hell at making additional magic right from the start. It's hard work, but if we can remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay.

Pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.

It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.

A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three to six hours a week - or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 - 165 hours of the week.

One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one's work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be.

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Things will work out - maybe just not the way you plan

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet.