Work Ethic Quotes

"People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard." "The greatest gift life has to offer is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing." "Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do" "I follow the way the wind blows. I could never have expected my life to change as it did, so I never asked for it. I never asked for fame; I asked for work." "Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort." "I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation." "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying." "Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work." "If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it." "When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple." "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." "Sometimes you find success and sometimes you don’t, but my satisfaction is knowing I’ll always control my effort with my own two hands." "Two hand philosophy. If I can’t earn it, then I don’t want it. My hands might be calloused up and scarred up with a knuckle or two missing (poor punching form;) but they’re mine and serve as my daily anchors for puttin’ in the work." "My work, my goal, my life, it’s like a treadmill. And there’s no stop-button on my treadmill. Once I get on, I just keep going." "No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like." "Every day, sincerely and without phoniness, try to understand and appreciate the people who work with you. Do your job well, learn your job well, but always remember that the people you work with are your most valuable asset. Embrace them. Honor them. Resp" "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life. Foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." "Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it." "There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you."