Work Quotes

And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants.

I think that in itself, if you're a true golfer, you'll see specific things you need to work on. Much cheaper than private lessons.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.

When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it. But then, of course, that didn't work out.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'.

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

I think if you touch ordinary people, they're simply ordinary people, the way they've always been. They work hard, they don't have really as much as they should.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play all these figures fairly easily. It was not an easy thing to work out.

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Yes, a Major would mean so much to me but I'm a great believer that if you work hard and in the right way, you will get what you deserve.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.