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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 PowellA good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.
Morris FishbeinAfrican agriculture depends on labor. You can't produce crops if there is nobody to work on the farms.
Annmarie KormawaAll 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 Valéryhe merely abandons it.
As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work.
Avery BrundageBureaucracy is the death of all sound work.
Albert EinsteinChop your own wood; it will warm you twice.
Mack KingCoffee 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. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Quoted: Ron
I don't need time, I need a deadline.
Duke EllingtonI work until beer o'clock.
Stephen KingIt is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Benjamin FranklinIt'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 AtkinsonRetire from work, but not from life.
M.K. SoniRetirement kills more people than hard work ever did.
Malcolm ForbesTeamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.
(unknown author)Teamwork is a strategic decision.
Patrick LencioniThe bee that makes the honey doesn't stand around the hive, and the man who makes the money has to worry, work, and strive.
The bee works all summer and eats honey all winter.
The best cure for boredom is hard work.
The devil makes work for idle hands.
People who are idle, often get into trouble.The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.
Kazuo IshiguroThe farmer works the soil. The agriculturist works the farmer.
Eugene F. WareThe hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
BibleThings work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
John WoodenWe are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin FranklinWhat no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window.
Burton RascoeWhen I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
Pablo PicassoWhen mosquitoes work, they bite and then they sing.
When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.
While working on the factory floor is often referred to as sweatshop labor, it is often better than the granddaddy of all sweatshops: working in the fields as an agricultural day laborer.
Steven RadeletWork is the best antidote to sorrow.
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSource: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Quoted: Sherlock Holmes
Work is the curse of the drinkin' class.
Oscar WildeWork like a horse.
Work very hard.