Professions and Work Quotes

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

Business is other people's money

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully

By the work one knows the workman

Every artist was first an amateur

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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

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

Every noble work is at first impossible

There is no substitute for hard work