“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.” — Josh Billings
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
~ Ray Kroc
“If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. Where X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.” — Albert Einstein
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr
"The world is divided into people who do things–and people who get the credit."
~ Dwight Morrow
“Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.” – John Ciardi
“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
“I used to work at McDonald’s making minimum wage. You know what thay means? You know what your boss was trying to say? It’s like, ‘Hey if I could pay you less, I would, but it’s against the law.’” – Chris Rock
“A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.” – Fats Domino
“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
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
“Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired. – Michel Tournier
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!” — Anonymous
“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” -Kin Hubbard
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“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
“Getting paid to sleep… that’s my dream job.” –Unknown
“There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.” – Mark Twain
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
"Show me a man who is a good loser and I’ll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss."
~ Jim Murray
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it.” — Groucho Marx
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” — Don Herold
“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” — John Gotti
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” – Phyllis Diller
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.” – Groucho Marx
“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
"Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy."
~ Huey Long
“Pride, commitment and teamwork are words they use to get you to work for free.” – Anonymous
"Everybody makes mistakes. The trick is to make mistakes when no one is looking."
~ Anonymous
“Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.” — Anonymous
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”- Muhammad Ali
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
~ Anonymous
“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden."
~ Orson Scott Card
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock."
~ Pablo Picasso
“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn’t sleep during office hours."
~ Arthur Baer
“Hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil—and you’ll never get a job working for a tabloid.” – Phil Pastoreta consultant.” – Scott Adams
“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
“Education cost money. But then again so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“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
“When I was 16 I worked in a pet store, and they fired me because . . . they had three snakes, and one day I braided them.” – Steven Alexander Wright
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin