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I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin Franklin
- Luck
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
?UnattributedOften credited to Harry S. Truman
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
Robert Frost1874–1963
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Martin Luther King, Jr. in: Heavenly Wisdom: Talent, Imagination, Creativity and Wisdom, Author House, 8 July 2013, p. 304
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Henry Ford1863–1947
- Thinking
If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Weight of Glory
- God
When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
Enjoy your job, make lots of money, work within the law. Choose any two.
?Unattributed
- Money
A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, united in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.
Adam Smith1723–1790The Wealth of Nations (1776)In context
- Money
If a man does his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton1885–1945
Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
Jesse Jackson1941–2026
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Gautama Buddha501–501 BC
The days you work are the best days.
GOGeorgia O'Keeffe