“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
“My keyboard must be broken, I keep hitting the escape key, but I’m still at work.” — Author Unknown
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” — Don Herold
“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“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
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” — Bertrand Russell
“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
“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
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
"The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office."
~ George Bernard Shaw
“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
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“I hate when I lose things at work, like pens, papers, sanity and dreams.” – Anonymous
“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.” — Groucho Marx
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
"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 brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” — Robert Frost
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field."
~ Niels Bohr
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime is doubly so.” – Douglas Adams
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissenger
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
“I believe in hard work. But, it will take some time to make this believe into a real thing!"
~ Anonymous
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.” — Anonymous
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it.” — Groucho Marx
“Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired. – Michel Tournier
“My favorite animal is steak."
- Fran Lebowitz
“Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.” – Proverb 10:26
“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
“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
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!” — Anonymous
“Coworkers are like Christmas lights. They hang together, half of them don’t work and the other half aren’t so bright.” – Anonymous
“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” -Kin Hubbard
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
~ Ray Kroc
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
“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
“My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.” – Ted Turner
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” – Phyllis Diller
“Why do people say they wish every day was Friday? If it was always Friday, we’d be here every freakin’ day.” — Ed Bernard
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower