981 private quotes tagged work

“Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” — John D. Rockefeller

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“The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.” — Adam Lambert

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“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” — Carlos Castaneda

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“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.” — Eric Hoffer

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“And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!” — Jim Valvano

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“You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.” — Joe E. Lewis

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“You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.” — Alan Alda

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“I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.” — Henry Rollins

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“It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.” — James M. Barrie

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“The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.” — Simone Weil

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“I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.” — L'Wren Scott

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“We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law marriages. Gays are productive people. Some fly airplanes, some work in breweries.” — Pete Coors

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“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.” — Peter McWilliams

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“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.” — James Allen

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“Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.” — Charles de Gaulle

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“It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.” — Mark Harmon

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“Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.” — Thornton Wilder

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“I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.” — Quentin Tarantino

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“Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.” — Ramakrishna

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“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.” — Eugene Delacroix

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“A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.” — Imelda Staunton

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“After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.” — Mary Kay Ash

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“Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.” — Cindy Sherman

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“I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.” — Helen Reddy

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