“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.”
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“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.”
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Source: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
Source: The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals
“What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.”
Source: A Gentle Plea for Chaos
“Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.”
“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”
“Love is not a given, it's a state that we work toward and experience gradually.”
Source: Daring to Be Yourself
“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”
Source: Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen
“A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.”
“The pay is good and I can walk to work.”
Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy
“It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”
“Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.”
Source: Either/or
Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
Source: Strength to Love
Source: Danse Macabre
Source: Growing up
“Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated)
“Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.”
“O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.”
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
Source: The Summer of the Great-Grandmother