Work & Career Quotes (14891 Quotes)

We do very aggressive litigation and trial work. So we prefer an activity that dovetails nicely with that aggressive culture, and hitting a little white ball on the greens doesn't do much for us.

We've been trying to do this thing one way for a long, long time, and it doesn't work. The definition of insanity is to continue to repeat the same behavior and expect different results.

It's very difficult when you start to understand you are facing a life-threatening situation. You don't know what's going happen. It goes beyond just wondering what's going to happen to your baseball career. You wonder how your entire life might change or if you're still going to be fortunate to have a life.

I let Mack (Strong) beat up on people, and I run behind him. That's going to work. It doesn't matter what other teams do, it's always going to work.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

He's still a few weeks away from what the book says, but strength-wise he appears to be solid. What's the magical day is hard to determine. I think the doctors will evaluate him on (today) and see if he can't start doing some work.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born, immigrant, straight or gay -- whatever the test ought to be I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow. I'm building that bridge to the 21st century. That ought to be the test.

Krystal is experienced, works at her game and is a strong hitter, ... Hannah is very versatile and can play all of the defensive positions.

There is still a lot of work to do beyond the Ford agreement. The scale of restructuring in the industry is just enormous. It is going to take time, take some aggressive actions, and it is going to be expensive.

The way the hockey gods work, maybe that was supposed to be his night and my night.

We tend to look at successful athletes and make them almost bigger than life.... I have seen many young men who have achieved greatness. I have also seen those who have come up a little short of their potential. I do know that those who succeed have been able to ... recognize within themselves the potential to do something well and then work hard to prepare themselves for that eventual opportunity. Others wait for the opportunity to come and then start to work, thus coming up a little short.

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters Over that I have complete control.

Love, that outreaches to the humblest thingsWork that is glad, in what it does and bringsAnd faith that soars upon unwearied wings.Divine the Powers that on this trio wait.Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate.Love, Work, and Faith -- these three alone are great.

Right now I'm just really excited that the movie is coming out. I'm really proud of it. I'm so deeply proud of the work and the movie and all aspects of it. There's the fact that it's a really exciting thriller. The fact that it's a very useful, very original, very unusual love story and the fact that it has a conscience,

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

The one thing that stood out to me was he Popovich said for once in your basketball career, be selfish,

The students will be doing more of the work. In the flight last year, students were doing the support, and the experts came in. This is going to be more of a Kansas State University at Salina project.

What this means for U.S. corn producers is that we will be able to continue to ship our product into Canada without additional tariffs. This is good news for U.S. producers, for not only corn but other commodities as well. I think it sends a sign to U.S. producers that international trade law does work.

As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary A liking for work.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

The rule of thumb is that you dress one or two levels higher than the job that you're going for. If you were going for a job as a mechanic, you wouldn't go in there in dirty overalls, even though that's how you would dress for that kind of work. You would still go in there and show respect. You would go in with an open-collar shirt, clean pants and maybe a jacket.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

The marriage of my radio experience with my love of game shows contributed to the passion to dedicate myself to building an announcing career.

We have held to the idea that there is hope for the workers and we will continue to work indefinitely.

Basically, if I'm able to run the offense, get to the offensive glass, make great passes, make smart decisions with the ball, don't try to do too much - that's exactly what this team said they need, ... That's what I'm trying to focus on. The other stuff, it will come with more work.

There are probably a lot of people who dropped out of the labor force and so don't get factored into the employment rate. Just looking at the job growth, it's one of the best numbers the county has had in a couple of years, but there is still a long ways to go.

I think I'd be lying if I said it wasn't frustrating, ... There were times in certain situations where I realized that someone was going to have to make a play outside of themselves in order to make this work.

He's been doing a lot of one-on-one sessions with the players, giving them advice. He's been trying hard. He's been doing a lot of work and we've gone a long way. We're very close. We won the Champions Trophy with the same team. If we get it right we can win games.

If there's an emergency, someone will come get you. Use this time to think strategically about your work.

Those of us who did it for a while probably appreciate it most, because we know how hard it is. They didn't get to this exalted status because they were lucky. Both of them know what works. Both of them have the guts to stay the course. They have the energy to convince 18-year-olds they can be part of something big.

Today is like a Wednesday-type practice. We got a lot of work done. It was a fairly clean practice. It was a good work day.

It's a good honor for our kids to be recognized for these accomplishments. It's just another way of showing how hard work pays off. They're reaping the benefits of hard work.

It says an awful lot about the individuals involved, ... To respond the way they have. To not let it bother you, to roll up your sleeves and go to work. They've gone out and made a case for keeping the team together. It's a great story.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

The weather won't allow us to do any milling or paving, so they are going to have us do creek work.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside.

One attains the highest perfection by devotion to one's natural work. Listen to Me how one attains perfection while engaged in natural work.

Never less idle than when free from work, nor less alone than when completely alone.

This is something that could be very valuable if it works, no doubt about it. But don't tell me we should stop doing embryo research until we find out, because people's lives are at stake.

Any bad news can throw us, and the jobs report was perceived as bad news, seen as a sign that the recovery is fragile, but that's not necessarily true. In the last two recessions, a pickup in employment only happened a year after the recession had ended. So just because unemployment is higher doesn't mean we're not on track for a recovery.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

It's all in a day's work, whatever plays.

It was very hot, very rugged and quite inaccessible. But I had a fantastic time. The work is the thing that motivates me.

Unless you're a musical team. If you're a musical team then that structurally works. But if you're two individuals it can be tricky.

I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium.

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.

Every song I write, even if it's fiction, I have to draw from something in my life to connect it with before it rings true, ... Early on in my career, I had points where I felt like I may have run out of ideas. Now I know that if I'm short of ideas, I need to take some time off and let the well fill up ... and live life because that's where the best songs come from.