My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I've done and the amount of commitment I've given to it. That makes me proud.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

There are a lot of things in business that are completely out of your control, but hard work isn't one of them.

My grandad used to work in the mines, he's retired now, but he's been a big part of my career.

People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.

When we built Amblin, we even put Murphy beds in there because we thought that was so practical. Why would anybody, if you were working on something, need to go home at night? You'd just stay there,...

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic.

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Working smart is harder than working hard. It's just less visible, and we care too much about what others see.

One of the Christian's responsibilities in following Christ is to have a new attitude toward work. So many young people want Christ without responsibility . . . whatever work a Christian does . . . he...

I'm not talented or gifted. I'm a committed, meticulous workaholic. The only reason I succeed is because I refuse to fail.

Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy life.

Part-time effort won't yield full-time results

When you're busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer.

Work always makes a difference.

Arn was about to say something about having too much work awaiting him, and that only at the end of the workday should a man enjoy the fruits of what he had accomplished by the sweat of his brow.

And he learned that when Johnson gave an assignment, no excuses were accepted. He used to say, 'I want only can-do people.' That was one of his favorite expressions. 'I only want can-do people around....

It's not with ideas, my dear Degas, that one makes verse. It's with words. - the poet Mallarmé to Degas

These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.

I think certain types of processes don't allow for any variation. If you have to be part of that process, all you can do is transform-or perhaps distort-yourself through that persistent repetition,...