Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
—Anonymous
If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
—Common Proverb
Two can live as cheaply as one – if they both have good jobs.
—Laurence J. Peter (1919–90) Canadian-born American Educator, Author
Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.
—B. C. Forbes (1880–1954) Scottish-born American Journalist, Publisher
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
—Indian Proverb
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
—Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American Author
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
Professionalism: It’s not the job you do, It’s how you do the job.
—Indian Proverb
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
If you don’t get a kick out of the job you’re doing you’d better hunt for another one.
—Samuel M. Vauclain (1856–1940) American Engineer, Industrialist
God will forgive me; that’s his business
—Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German Poet, Writer
It’s not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It’s my job not to de-motivate them.
—Lou Holtz (1893–1980) American Stage Performer
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, “How is the president?”
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
The job of the poet is to render the world—to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.
—Mark Van Doren (1894–1972) American Poet, Writer, Critic
I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody’s performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs but to embrace that kind of physical response, enjoy it, get into it. That’s the first real ticket to being a performer who thinks exceptionally.
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
My job is never work—the only time it seems like work is when I’d rather be doing something else.
—Unknown
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
—Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) Polish-born American Film Producer, Businessperson
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
Monday is a lame way to spend 1/7 of your life.
—Unknown
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
—Unknown
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
—Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American Actor, Dancer, Singer
My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
—Bill Gates (b.1955) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Author
It’s the job that’s never started takes longest to finish.
—J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) British Scholar, Author
Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
—George W. Bush (b.1946) American Head of State, Businessperson
A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
—George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) American Drama Critic, Editor
Happiness is an inside job
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
—Ogden Nash (1902–71) American Writer of Sophisticated Light Verse
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