On The Job Quotes

Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy.

12% of dreams create jobs. 88% of jobs destroy dreams.

Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job.

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave a desk for a muck-stick if he could avoid it.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Don’t only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves.

To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job

Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

My job is to know what other people do not know.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

I won an amateur night, October 8th, 1985. I went to work the next day and quit my job.

People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success that’s the job of vision.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles.

Education is not merely meant for you to write and pass exams, get a good job and a good spouse, and settle down for survival.

He cross-examined his very wine when he had nothing else at hand.

I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. (His 19-year-old daughter.) I cannot possibly do both.

The most classic horror tale of this latter type is the Old Testament story of Job, who becomes human Astro-Turf in a kind of spiritual Superbowl between God and Satan.

I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them.

The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest person is the one who has no vision. Visionlessness is poverty in disguise.

Action is the spark that ignites potential.

It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a communication job.

I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.

Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.

We all have those dreams we've never let go of. But believe it or not, sometimes a job that we're not that keen on can help us achieve those dreams or goals.

For an entrepreneur with 'improbable' and 'impossible' dreams, the alleged stability that comes from getting 'a real job' is nothing but a sign of slavery.

Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.

I have got the job of my dreams.

Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn't some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams.

You need to work even if it is a menial or dirty job, because every job is participating in the process of creation.

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.

The police officer's job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.

A question is a door and an unopened door is just part of the wall and as long as it's standing it's doing its job.

If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job.

For most of us a job is bread and butter and for most of others its just bread and butter.

We are trained to be employees, but no one said that we have endure a limited salary that barely keeps pace with inflation.

Never leave a job unfinished, unless you are unable to finish it.

Say this one time with me: "Would you like that in a pump or a loafer?"... Good. Now memorize it, because starting tomorrow, the only job that you're going to be able to get is selling SHOES!

When we perform at our highest level of potential, we are content. Because we have given I best in what we enjoy doing.

People who like their job will give it their best. Those who don't, show it by a poor performance.

Torn clothes are funny … until your dad gets fired.

12% of employees study further to learn more. 88% of employees study further to earn more.

This is not his job, I thought, it's his passion.

To a man, a woman is fun to be with … until she gains weight. To a woman, a man is fun to live with … until he loses his job.

A job interview is a competition won by those who are qualified the most, and, those who are willing to be payed the least.

A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does.