What moves those of genius what inspires their work is not new ideas but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
We spend billions of pounds on welfare yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.
Racism in the first place is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
We are free but not to be evil not to be indifferent to human suffering not to profit from the people from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.
Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools to be precise and perfect in all their actions.
Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips others by their restlessness and ambition.
It ain't easy to break out of a mold but if you do your work people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.
Never follow somebody else's path it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk forcing the next person to find their own way.
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Of all the things I've done the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading a sermon or a didactic work.
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously but not themselves those who work hard and play hard.
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not as popularly supposed alcoholism it's egotism.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
There is a vast world of work out there in this country where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long.
Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves some turn up their noses and some don't turn up at all.
I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.
I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful and I had to find ways to become useful to myself.
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college.