(9100 quotes found)
“It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
Henry Ford
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
Red Adair
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.”
Oscar Wilde
“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."”
Tom Petty
“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”
Louis Nizer
“Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.”
Dale Carnegie
“When I say "work" I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.”
Margaret Laurence
“Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.”
Jack Nichols
“The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.”
George W. Bush