People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.
Work is of two kinds: first altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter second telling other people to do so.
Lazy people tend not to take chances but express themselves by tearing down other's work.
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously but not themselves those who work hard and play hard.
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.
People might not get all they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get.
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition.
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah no I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
The world is full of willing people some willing to work the rest willing to let them.
There are two kinds of people those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group there is less competition there.
If you want to build a ship don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
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.
It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change your field changes around you.
Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.
When more and more people are thrown out of work unemployment results.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don't recognize them.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.