“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissenger
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” – Ogden Nash
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."
~ Al Capp
“Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.” – John Ciardi
"The world is divided into people who do things–and people who get the credit."
~ Dwight Morrow
“I hate when I lose things at work, like pens, papers, sanity and dreams.” – Anonymous
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
“I’m not retiring, I am graduating . . . retirement means that you’ll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain’t going to happen.” – Junior Seau
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” — Bill Gates
“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost
“Getting paid to sleep… that’s my dream job.” –Unknown
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr
“My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.” – Ted Turner
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called everybody, and they meet at the bar.” – Drew Carey
“Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired. – Michel Tournier
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.” — Josh Billings
“If owl parties aren't called hootenannies, this world will never make sense again."
- Reverend Badger
“I always give 100% at Work: 10% Monday, 23% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, 22% Thursday, and 5% Friday.” –Anonymous
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” — Bertrand Russell
"The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office."
~ George Bernard Shaw
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx
"If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."
~ Cannon’s Law
“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still?"
~ J. Paul Getty
“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living."
~ Karl Lagerfeld
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
“As I have gotten older and wiser I discovered that there are six things that I really loved about my job. Pay day, lunch time, quitting time, vacation time, holidays, and of course retirement.” — Tom Goins
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”- Muhammad Ali
“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.” — William Faulkner
“Pride, commitment and teamwork are words they use to get you to work for free.” – Anonymous
“We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us."
~ Anonymous
“The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches."
~ Bove’s Theorem
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“My boss told me to start every presentation with a joke. The first slide was my paycheck.” – Anonymous
“The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.” – Groucho Marx
“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.” – Sam Ewing
“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying. – Rita Rudner
“No man goes before his time—unless the boss leaves early.” — Groucho Marx
“Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.” — Homer Simpson
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden."
~ Orson Scott Card
“It’s a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children."
~ Alan Alda
“Lisa, if you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way."
~ Homer Simpson
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar