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That person proves his worth who can make us want to listen when he is with us and think when he is gone.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy.

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.

The sharp employ the sharp.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.

My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.".

Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and temporary discouragement.

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.

It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.