I Quotes
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“If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.”
“If you work all the time, you lose the intermittence of reflection and thought at every stage. Take breaks - for you and your work.”
“If you work an extra ten hours to help spread the dharma, this will cause for much faster progression. You're doing something for a higher cause, for a higher ideal.”
“If you work and do pure research in this industry as long as I have – and you actually pay attention and do your homework, then this naked and raw truth stands out -> The supplement world of cancer-fighters, CAD-preventers, health-promoters, magic-water – AND/OR - muscle-builders, fat-burners and weight-loss agents – all of them – already have an over-crowded mass grave-yard of previous magic bullets that would supposedly make your life and/or body better – Yes, so promising and heavily promoted “this” era – but so dead and gone the next – leaving in their wake a trail of mass-consumer confusion – but also leaving their actual intention -> a new generation of passive consumers – those who can’t differentiate the sizzle from the steak. Or as W.C. Fields put it so long ago – “There’s a sucker born every minute.” -> There isn’t a supplement on the planet that marks the difference between ‘health or ill-health’ – or between ‘fit or fat.’ - or between ‘results and stagnation.”
“If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.”
“If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel to work there? It's going to eat you up. It might last a few years, but it doesn't attract the best people, and it certainly doesn't create the energy and engagement you need to be a long-term performing company.”
“If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.”
“If you work at love, you will find love at work.”
“If you work at something, you get better at it.”
“If you work diligently... without saying to yourself beforehand, 'I want to make this or that,' if you work as though you were making a pair of shoes, without artistic preoccupation, you will not always find you do well. But the days you least expect it, you will find a subject which holds its own with the work of those who have gone before.”
“If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?”
“If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why.”
“If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.”
Source: The Transaction of Business
“If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents.”
Source: A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings
“If you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view.”
“If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which they operate.”
“If you work for Google or Apple, stock options give you a chance to share in the increasing value of the company. In the N.F.L., nothing like this happens; the players, though rich, are just working stiffs like the rest of us.”
“If you work for money you will never have enough of it”
“If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power.”
Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
“If you work for someone else, you’ll never truly be wealthy.”
“If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.”
“If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“If you work hard all day and all night, something may come of it. You never know, it just might.”
Source: The Spirit of Pessimism
“If you work hard and be persistent, you will achieve whatever you want to do.”
“If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn't mean that you would be a midget if you were bald.”
“If you work hard and get help from good friends, together you can overcome almost any challenge, no matter how great.”
Source: Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
“If you work hard, and give up certain things, and yes, resort to bribery now and then, you'll be an arborist, or a sea anemonist, or anything else you want.”
Source: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”
“If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a better life than you did.”
“If you work hard and you do your best, you can do anything.”
“If you work hard and you learn and you absorb and you pay attention, career in food is great. This job can take you all around the world. You can eat the most delicious food. It allows you to be creative.... [And] don't ever quit. It's going to pay off eventually. It might not be in a year. Might be 20 years or 10 years. But you have to keep pushing. Just have that fire, have the passion, and want to be successful. And don't listen to anybody else.”
“If you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly.”
“If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.”
“If you work hard doing the wrong job, is it really work? Or is it some kind of fakery?”
Source: Book Two of the Travelers
“If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.”
“If you work hard everyday and bust your tail on every play, eventually people will notice and word will get around.”
“If you work hard for someone else, you'll make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you'll make a fortune.”
Source: 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness: Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher
“If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.”
“If you work hard now and postpone instant gratification and play very little; then time will come when everybody will be working very hard and wondering how comes you enjoy life, work a little and play very hard.”
“If you work hard, remain self-motivated, driven and committed, you will see results.”
“If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.”
“If you work hard, you will make your way to the inner circle of knowledge. That is the end goal of mastery: an inside-out understanding.”
Source: The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations
“If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!”
“If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'”
“If you work hard, it will pay off in the end.”
“If you work hard, it will pay off.”
“If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.”
“If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.”
“If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.”
“If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.”