“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissenger
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
“Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.” — Anonymous
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
“I hate when I lose things at work, like pens, papers, sanity and dreams.” – Anonymous
“My keyboard must be broken, I keep hitting the escape key, but I’m still at work.” — Author Unknown
“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” — John Gotti
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.” – Proverb 10:26
"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
“Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.” – Winston Churchill
“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
“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.” — Groucho Marx
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I’m around.” — Homer Simpson
“The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.” — Stanley J. Randall
“The reward for good work is more work.” – Francesca Elisia
“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” -Kin Hubbard
“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
“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
“My boss told me to start every presentation with a joke. The first slide was my paycheck.” – Anonymous
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” — Mark Twain
"Everybody makes mistakes. The trick is to make mistakes when no one is looking."
~ Anonymous
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.” — Josh Billings
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr
“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
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
~ Vince Lombardi
“I believe in hard work. But, it will take some time to make this believe into a real thing!"
~ Anonymous
"Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy."
~ Huey Long
“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
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” — Peter Drucker
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now, I am so far behind I will never die."
~ Bill Watterson
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese
“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
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
~ Erma Bombeck
"The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office."
~ George Bernard Shaw
“The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches."
~ Bove’s Theorem
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“Education cost money. But then again so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF.” — Anonymous
“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden."
~ Orson Scott Card
"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
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
~ Anonymous
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams