He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Whatever you can do, do it today and then old age will be a delicious fruit.
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
Six hours sleep are enough for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
The things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
One of the great truths of life is that you can't do all alone. You need help along the way.
God helps those who help themselves.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines.
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is a progress. Working together is a success.
If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.
My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
Nothing will work unless you do.
A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
Too much rest is rust.
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
I say to myself, go on seeking, be glad for being sensitive, be glad you're able to go beyond the resistance inside you. It is our resistance to what we experience that makes creativity possible. So don't get rid of resistance like that by going around it or trying to eliminate it. Our own limitations put up strong resistance, but it's because of that that we are creators.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.
Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Balance your thoughts with action. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Man often finds relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.
Take off your hat to your yesterdays; take off your coat for your tomorrows.
A BAD day's fishing still beats a GOOD day at work!
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit.
If you rest, you rust.
