(119 quotes found)
“Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.”
Oscar Wilde
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.”
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.”
“The harder I work the more I live.”
“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”
“Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.”
Voltaire
“The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it”
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”
Maya Angelou