All Quotes

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with…

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

To love what you do and feel that it matters — how could anything be more fun?

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of…

To be a master of one's own work is the only freedom worth having.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

A profession is not just a way of earning a living. It is a way of life.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I'm not going to die because I failed as someone else. I'm going to succeed as myself.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whe…

I never took a position because I thought it was politically wise. I took a position because I thought it was right.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

A craftsman pulled the right tool from his belt without conscious thought.

First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.

There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

I write to find out what I think.

Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.

Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.