The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
College is something I've always said I wanted to do, but you're going there to get a piece of paper that says you can get a job, but if I'm already working steadily and doing good work, it makes you question your priorities. Right now, I'm in my own film college: filming a TV show.
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.
Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
We are immortal until our work on earth is done.
You will have ups and downs - but believe anything is possible. With hard work, it can come off.
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
I do not need to hear how I am judged by others. I know by myself if I can be satisfied or not with my work.
A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.
I try to keep in mind that it's a long journey. It's not a race. It's about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that's all I really want to do... and pay my bills.
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
Whatever you wanna be, just, at the end of the day, if you're being a good person, which is not hard to be, and you're putting positive energy into the world, and you're appreciative and loving to the people around you that care about you and everybody in general, then it'll work out.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.
My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.
Honor lies in honest toil.
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world.
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.
Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.
It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.