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There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work...But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity.

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.

There is nothing derogatory in any employment which ministers to the well-being of the race. It is the spirit that is carried into an employment that elevates or degrades it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

There is no truer and more abiding happiness than the knowledge that one is free to go on doing, day by day, the best work one can do, ... , and that this work is absorbed by a steady market and thus supports one's own life ... Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do it.

There is virtue yet in the hoe and the spade, for learned as well as for unlearned hands. And labor is everywhere welcome; alwayswe are invited to work.

There must be 15 shows about people's jobs: 'Ice Road Trucker,' 'Axe Men,' 'Dirty Jobs.' Unemployment is so high, we're watching people work.

There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

There’s more to being an environmentalist than occasionally signing an online petition and mailing your check to the Sierra Club. Really the most effective environmental actions you can take have to do with crafting your home and surroundings, your workplace decisions and your investment habits.

There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.

There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.

There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.

There's not a single job in this town. There's nothin', nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.

There's nothing but what's bearable as long as a man can work.... The square o' four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy; and the best o' working is, it gives you a grip hold o' things outside your own lot.

There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!

There's really no substitute for working hard. I think that's my biggest talent. There are always people who are funnier and more talented than I am, but I don't take anything for granted and I commit myself 100% to each of my roles.

There's room at the top they are telling you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill.

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.

The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world's need of that work. With this, life is heaven, or as near heaven as you can get. Without this - with work which you despise, which bores you, and which the world does not need - this life is hell.

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case.

The right man can make a good job out of any job.

The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.

The style, which is something I take to heart, is getting on my nerves horribly. It frustrates and torments me. I have days when Iam sick about it and nights when it gives me a fever. The more I go at it the more I find myself incapable of conveying the Idea.

The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

The terrible newly imported American doctrine that everyone ought to do something.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.

The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds a tender and very intelligent conscience a disqualification for success. Each requires of the practitioner a certain shutting of the eyes, a certain dapperness and compliance, an acceptance of customs, a sequestration from the sentiments of generosity and love, a compromise of private opinion and lofty integrity.

The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.

The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry

The ways in which most men get their living, that is, live, are mere makeshifts, and a shirking of the real business of life,--chiefly because they do not know, but partly because they do not mean, any better.

The universe, as we see it, is the result of regularly working forces, having a causal connection with each other and therefore capable of being understood by human reason.

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of the hours.

The wino and I know the pain of back bustin'.

The wishbone will never replace the backbone.

The will to work must dominate, for art is long and time is brief.