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“Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income.”

Work Half Trouble Responsible Adversity Complaining Income

Author:Robert Updegraff

“Whatever work you undertake, do it seriously, thoroughly and well; never leave it half-done or undone, never feel yourself satisfied unless and until you have given it your very best. Cultivate the habits of discipline and toleration. Surrender not the convictions you hold dear but learn to appreciate the points of view of your opponents.”

“I scarcely remember any writer who has ever ventured to say that the half of the work of the world is actually accomplished by women; and very few husbands who would be otherwise than greatly startled and amazed, if not indignant, if not derisive, at the suggestion of such an idea as that the work of their wives was equal to their own.”

Ifs World Ideas Would Be Remember Work Half Wife Husband Equal Equality Accomplished Amazed Suggestions Indignant

Author:Margaret Oliphant

“To shut the door at the end of the workday, which does not spill over into evening. To throw away books after reading them so theydon't have to be dusted. To go through boxes on New Year's Eve and throw out half of what is inside. Sometimes for extravagance to pick a bunch of flowers for the one table. Other women besides me must have this daydream about a carefree life.”

“Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions.”

“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”

Stills Action Motivation Work Half Finished

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.”

Ifs Men Eye Jobs Success Literature Can Do Work Half Kings Blind Kingdoms Cynical

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.”

People Want Jobs Energy Work Half Careers Worry

Author:Reese Witherspoon

“A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”

Persons Done Running Work Chance Sleep Half Ten Leaving Clock Insomnia Undone Other Half One Half

Book:Wuthering Heights

Source: Wuthering Heights

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.”

Motivational Motivation Goal Work Half Habit Victory Gains Convinced Setting Setting Goals Life Goal Goal Achievement Goals And Life Inspirational Goal Setting Motivation Goal Setting Realistic Goals Victory And Success

Author:Sarah T. Bolton

“Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!”

May Made Done Hands Spirit Religion Spirituality Work Half Praying Glory Garden Finished Knees Adam Gardening Gardener Passing Away

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.”

Trying Firsts Work Half Labor Condescending Condescension Condescension And

Book:Once Around the Sun

Source: Once Around the Sun

“Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.”

Lost Work Half Hard Work Prove Labor Finished Finished Work

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.”

Work Half Teamwork Explaining Recreation

Author:Georges Wolinski

“Work only a half a day. It makes no difference which half-the first 12 hours or the last 12 hours.”

Firsts Lasts Hours Differences Work Half

Author:Kemmons Wilson

“If you believe in the Lord, He will do half the work - but the last half. He helps those who help themselves.”

Ifs Believe God Helping Lasts Belief Work Half Lord If You Believe Belief In Self

Author:Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis