“Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.” – Sam Ewing
“My job is fun! I should change this line once in a while. My brain has started to realize that I am lying to it every morning."
~ Anonymous
“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
"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
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field."
~ Niels Bohr
“A baseball game is twice as much fun if you’re seeing it on the company’s time.” — William C. Feather
“The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches."
~ Bove’s Theorem
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
“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 who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” – Ogden Nash
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx
“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
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese
“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
“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“I always give 100% at Work: 10% Monday, 23% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, 22% Thursday, and 5% Friday.” –Anonymous
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“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
"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
“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
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
~ Vince Lombardi
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” — Peter Drucker
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley
“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
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."
~ Al Capp
“The taxpayer—that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.” — Ronald Reagan.
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“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
“Getting paid to sleep… that’s my dream job.” –Unknown
“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
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
~ Ray Kroc
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” — John Gotti
“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
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
"The world is divided into people who do things–and people who get the credit."
~ Dwight Morrow
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“My favorite animal is steak."
- Fran Lebowitz
“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
“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
“My keyboard must be broken, I keep hitting the escape key, but I’m still at work.” — Author Unknown
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams