Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old work ethic quotes, work ethic sayings, and work ethic proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.Margaret Thatcher
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The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!Marvin Phillips
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Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.Mary Lou Retton
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If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.Michelangelo
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.Mohandas Gandhi
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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.Muhammad Ali
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I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.Muhammad Ali
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Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.Napoleon Hill
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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.Oprah Winfrey
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.Oprah Winfrey
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.Robert Noyce
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Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.Ryan Freitas
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The harder I work, the luckier I get.Samuel Goldwyn
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I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.Steve Jobs
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.Steve Jobs
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Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.Theodore Roosevelt
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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.Tim Duncan
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Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.Tim Fargo
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Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position.Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious. It involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.Valdemar W. Setzer
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The perfect is the enemy of the good.Voltaire
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In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities. Integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.Warren Buffett
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.Warren Buffett
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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.Wernher von Braun
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How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.Yvon Chouinard
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Success is dependent upon the glands sweat glands.Zig Ziglar