Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods Trojan son of Anchises easy is the descent to hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above that is work that is labor!
I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow workers to put forth my best efforts in my work. I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days I do not believe I could have accomplished a great deal. This country would not amount to as much as it does if the young men of fifty years ago had been afraid that they might earn more than they were paid for.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar instead of how little he can give for a dollar is bound to succeed.
If you intend to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work you cannot get along anywhere. Squirming and crawling from place to place can do no good.
Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the muse.
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.
American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men?s room and the women?s room without having little pictures on the doors.
You have the right to work but never to the fruit of the work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward nor should you long for inaction.
To bring ones self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time then everything is easy.
The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world?s need of that work. With this life is heaven or as near heaven as you can get. Without this with work which you despise which bores you and which the world does not need this life is hell.
Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course planting corn or writing epics so only it be honest work done to thine own approbation it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.
One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve ones deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against the fact that there is none except hard work concentration and continued application.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no results. Work continuous work and hard work is the only way to accomplish results that last.
No sun no moon no morn no noon No dawn no dusk no proper time of day …… No road no street no t other side the way …… No shade no shine no butterflies no bees No fruits no flowers no leaves no buds.
The best part of one?s life is the working part the creative part. Believe me I love to succeed….However the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
Basically I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working.
A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.
Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods Trojan son of Anchises easy is the descent to hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above that is work that is labor!
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isnt the work he is supposed to be doing.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.
When people go to work they shouldnt have to leave their hearts at home.
Work is a four-letter word.
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.
All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads and sows itself anew.
I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow workers to put forth my best efforts in my work. I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days I do not believe I could have accomplished a great deal. This country would not amount to as much as it does if the young men of fifty years ago had been afraid that they might earn more than they were paid for.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar instead of how little he can give for a dollar is bound to succeed.
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Work is love made visible.
He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
The essence of work is concentrated energy.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort and effort means work.
Toil says the proverb is the sire of fame.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
If you intend to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work you cannot get along anywhere. Squirming and crawling from place to place can do no good.
Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the muse.
Work keeps us from three great evils boredom vice and need.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men?s room and the women?s room without having little pictures on the doors.
Hard work never killed anybody but why take the chance?
You have the right to work but never to the fruit of the work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward nor should you long for inaction.
The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important.
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
To bring ones self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time then everything is easy.
Only through dedicated work does a man fulfill himself.
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Work is more fun than fun.
The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world?s need of that work. With this life is heaven or as near heaven as you can get. Without this with work which you despise which bores you and which the world does not need this life is hell.
You are as young as your faith as old as your doubt as young as your self-confidence as old as your fear as young as your hope as old as your despair.
How do I work? I grope.
Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course planting corn or writing epics so only it be honest work done to thine own approbation it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.
If people really liked to work wed still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.
At the working mans house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
When people are the least sure they are often the most dogmatic.
One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve ones deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against the fact that there is none except hard work concentration and continued application.
We dont work for each other We work with each other.
The harder I work the luckier I get.
Nothing is work unless you?d rather be doing something else.
By the work one knows the workman.
Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no results. Work continuous work and hard work is the only way to accomplish results that last.
No sun no moon no morn no noon No dawn no dusk no proper time of day …… No road no street no t other side the way …… No shade no shine no butterflies no bees No fruits no flowers no leaves no buds.
The best part of one?s life is the working part the creative part. Believe me I love to succeed….However the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.