Work

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do

Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work

The defects of Fortune must be supplied by industry.

Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayst for physic.

Do thine own work honestly and cheerfully.

As it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to the division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the extent of that power.

Works belong to the neighbour, faith to God.

Man is a Tool-using Animal.

Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God's name!

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:

There is no effort without error and shortcoming.

Genius is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and common sense.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results!

When you sell a man a book you do not sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue.