If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.
— Madam C. J. Walker
Sublime Busy Work quotations
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
The way I think I should stay out of trouble is by stayin' busy.
With idle time comes a lot of biz, so the more my work load is heavy, I'll have no time to get into any trouble or makin' dis tracks or get into conversation about any other rappers.
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.
Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there’s still a thing called opportunity, and that’s what people need to pursue.
What gets measured gets managed.
You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up with loan modifications and keep people in their homes that they've worked so hard for, we're gonna tax them out of business.
O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and discipline: all the things you need...when you have no talent.
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises.
He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.
The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hard work familynever forgetting where we came from.
Success is not a destination: It is a journey.
The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.
The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it.
It is what the client or customer gets out of it.
Lions don't have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence, and persistence. Those who work don't talk, and those who talk don't work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy, and activity on mastering and executing a plan.
The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself.
When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.
You have nothing to do but to save souls.
Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most. It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons
The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear 5000 dollar suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business.
I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe.
My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great lawyers or philanthropists or business people or work their way up the political ladder. I happened to become known from a different route.
There are simply no public figures today who so challenge the elite business and government establishment and so champion the working class as Jimmy Hoffa did almost daily and with arrogance.
American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so?
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.