“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“When I was 16 I worked in a pet store, and they fired me because . . . they had three snakes, and one day I braided them.” – Steven Alexander Wright
“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” – Ogden Nash
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. Where X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.” — Albert Einstein
“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.” — Zig Ziglar
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
~ Erma Bombeck
"Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy."
~ Huey Long
"If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."
~ Cannon’s Law
“Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.” — Anonymous
“Education cost money. But then again so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I’m around.” — Homer Simpson
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”- Muhammad Ali
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!” — Anonymous
“I used to work at McDonald’s making minimum wage. You know what thay means? You know what your boss was trying to say? It’s like, ‘Hey if I could pay you less, I would, but it’s against the law.’” – Chris Rock
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” — Bill Gates
“After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF.” — Anonymous
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
~ Ray Kroc
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
~ Vince Lombardi
“My job is fun! I should change this line once in a while. My brain has started to realize that I am lying to it every morning."
~ Anonymous
“Lisa, if you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way."
~ Homer Simpson
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr
“It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.” — William Faulkner
“Coworkers are like Christmas lights. They hang together, half of them don’t work and the other half aren’t so bright.” – Anonymous
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” — Mark Twain
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” — Peter Drucker
“As I have gotten older and wiser I discovered that there are six things that I really loved about my job. Pay day, lunch time, quitting time, vacation time, holidays, and of course retirement.” — Tom Goins
“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” – Sam Ewing
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.” — Josh Billings
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it.” — Groucho Marx
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
“The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.” — Sarah Brown
“Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.” – Winston Churchill
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."
~ Al Capp
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I always give 100% at Work: 10% Monday, 23% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, 22% Thursday, and 5% Friday.” –Anonymous
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley
“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living."
~ Karl Lagerfeld
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin
“Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.” – John Ciardi