Great Work Ethic Quotes

• Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.72, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

  Stephen King

  Motivational, Success, Encouragement

  Stephen King (2011). “Danse Macabre”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

  Vince McMahon

  Work Ethic, Ethics, Great Work

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• It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

  Helen Keller

  Hard Work, Heart, Doors

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• Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.

  David Bly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jobs, Greatness, Heaven

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.

  Natasha Richardson

  Inspiring, Daughter, Mother

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• Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

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• If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Dog

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• I just really want to continue on the same intensity of work ethic, I don't want to slow now. I'm 21-year's old and I feel like this era and a few years to come are my prime years, so I want to utilise them.

  Jason Derulo

  Years, Work Ethic, Want

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• Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Volleyball, Winning

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• Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading and listening.

  Andy Wilkinson

  Reading, Hard Work, Writing

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• The process is really what you have to do day in and day out to be successful, we try to define the standard that we want everybody to sort of work toward, adhere to, and do it on a consistent basis. And the things that I talked about before, being responsible for your own self-determination, having a positive attitude, having great work ethic, having discipline to be able to execute on a consistent basis, whatever it is you're trying to do, those are the things that we try to focus on, and we don't try to focus as much on the outcomes as we do on being all that you can be.

  Nick Saban

  Determination, Attitude, Successful

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• NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic.

  Sarah Shahi

  Cheerleading, Sunday, Thinking

  "Up Close with Sarah Shahi". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• Money doesn’t know about clocks, schedules or holidays and you shouldn’t either.  Money loves people that have great work ethic.

  Grant Cardone

  Holiday, People, Work Ethic

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• What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.

  David Robinson

  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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• There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

  Big Sean

  Self, People, Work Ethic

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through my mom and dad I learned about love, family and respecting people. They never went to high school but they had within them every element that makes a great American. They had pride and a great work ethic and they knew how to do things the right way.

  Dick Vitale

  Mom, Dad, School

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• I'm one of those people who does a lot of things. I'm lucky. I get up and I have a lot of energy. I have a great work ethic.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  People, Work Ethic, Energy

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2010.

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• I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who have the right ingredients. But sometimes it is more difficult to get them to accept the fact that they can take on increasing responsibility. Oftentimes individuals will decide how far [they] go by how much work they're willing to put in and how quick they are to ask for help. Too many people have this deep-seated fear that if they ask for help, they will be thought less of.

  Hillary Clinton

  Loyalty, Responsibility, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.

  Denis Leary

  Thinking, Work Ethic, Acting

  "The End of Rescue Me, But Not Denis Leary". Interview with Nancy Doyle Palmer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.

  Eva LaRue

  Children, Work Ethic, Crafts

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