Quotations about Work

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent."

-Calvin Coolidge

"We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

-Alfred North Whitehead

"Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory tha, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month."

-Wernher von Braun

"Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right."

-Henry Ford

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

-Mark Twain

"If a camel flies, no one laughs if it doesn't get very far."

-Paul White

"It is a poor workman who blames his tools"

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"Luck: when preparation and opportunity meet."

-Pierre Trudeau

"Perfection is achieved only on the point of collapse."

-C. N. Parkinson

"When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly."

-Donald Douglas

"When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly."

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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."

-Seneca

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun."

-Pablo Picasso

"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."

-Samuel Johnson

"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

-Henry Ford

"Even with a dull ax you can blaze a trail."

-Robert Powers

"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."

-Confucius

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

-Dale Carnegie

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