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Work horses - Working like a horse
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A bad workman always blames his tools.
Used when someone blames external factors for things they did wrong or poorly.

A bad workman blames his tools.
Blaming the tools is an excuse for lack of skill.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin Powell

A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.
Morris Fishbein

African agriculture depends on labor. You can't produce crops if there is nobody to work on the farms.
Annmarie Kormawa

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Relax, because it is not good to work all the time.

An artist never really finishes his work,
he merely abandons it.
Paul Valéry

As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work.
Avery Brundage
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.
Albert Einstein

Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice.
Mack King

Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live with, coffee is life.

Constant occupation prevents temptation.
When you are busy you don't have tome for temptation.

Elbow grease is the best polish.
Hard work gives good results.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.
A hungry person cannot do his work properly.

Hard words break no bones.

He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree.
I didn't think there was anything in the universe more important than homework.
J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Quoted: Ron

I don't need time, I need a deadline.
Duke Ellington

I work until beer o'clock.
Stephen King

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

It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Many hands make light work.
Sharing work makes the work easier.

No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
Nope, I don’t enjoy work generally. Not because I’m lazy; it’s just all so stressful and worrying.
Rowan Atkinson

Retire from work, but not from life.
M.K. Soni

Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.
Malcolm Forbes

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.
(unknown author)

Teamwork is a strategic decision.
Patrick Lencioni

The bee that makes the honey doesn't stand around the hive, and the man who makes the money has to worry, work, and strive.



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