Work Quotes

"I have always found that if I work hard enough, I can bend the market to my will."

"Labor is the price of civilization, and those unwilling to pay it deserve poverty."

"A shrewd operator understands that timing is everything in commerce."

"Every great business is built on a foundation of calculated risks."

"I have found that the best investments are made in darkness and announced in daylight."

"Success requires the willingness to work when others rest."

"Competition is the life blood of progress. Without it, enterprise grows sluggish and loses its edge."

"In business, sentiment is a luxury that only the unsuccessful can afford."

"The railroad business taught me that systems are more powerful than individuals."

"The railroad transformed America not through sentiment, but through ruthless efficiency."

"The railroad business taught me that vision without execution is merely daydreaming."

"Labor is the wealth of man. The greater his capacity for labor, the greater his ability to create value."

"I have endeavored to teach that idleness is the enemy of both body and mind."

"I believe that work ennobles the human spirit."

"I have always maintained that hard work is the foundation of all achievement."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Focus on being productive instead of busy."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"Idleness is a disease that must be cured by work."

"I have always been regarded as a lucky man, but I have learned that the harder I work, the luckier I become."

"My business is my pleasure and my pleasure is my business."

"Work gives purpose to existence."

"In commerce, as in life, integrity is the only currency that never depreciates."

"The merchant who forgets his customers forgets his livelihood."

"To be useful is to be happy; to be idle is to suffer."

"The merchant who builds only for profit builds nothing that lasts."

"Work without purpose is merely the passage of time."

"Work done with love is work done well."

"A railroad is not built by wishing; it is built by working."

"I have always believed that the secret of life is in the willingness to work."