Work Quotes

"Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice."

Xunzi

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

"Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life."

"Every habit and faculty is maintained and increased by the corresponding actions."

"Heaven never helps the man who will not act."

Sophocles

"The labour we delight in physics pain."

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."

"The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."

Samuel Smiles

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not."

Thomas Henry Huxley

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

William James

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

Elbert Hubbard

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment."

Thomas Edison

"A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved."

Charles Kettering

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

Jesse Owens

"There's no way around hard work. Embrace it."

Roger Federer

"I trained four years to run nine seconds and people give up when they don't see results in two months."

Usain Bolt

"The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed."

Martina Navratilova

"Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be."

Mia Hamm

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

Oprah Winfrey

"Done is better than perfect."

Sheryl Sandberg

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."

Brian Tracy

"Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results."

Robin Sharma

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

James Clear