Quotes in motivation

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.


I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.


Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.


A raise is like a martini: it elevates the spirit, but only temporarily.

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One gets a good rating for fighting a fire. The result is visible; can be quantified. If you do it right the first time, you are invisible. You satisfied the requirements. That is your job. Mess it up, and correct it later, you become a hero.


Top management should publish a resolution that no one will lose his job for contribution to quality and productivity.