“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.”
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“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”
“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”
“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.”
“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”
“Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.”
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.”
“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
“If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like 5 minutes. If you are doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, 5 minutes feels like an hour.”
“Work alone is noble.”
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.”
“Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.”
“My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.”
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.”
“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.”
“Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.”
“I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.”
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”
“There is no substitute for hard work.”
“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”
“One must work and dare if one really wants to live.”