Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

I don't know why people say I'm not supposed to be doing what I'm doing. I'm just trying to do my job. I'm blessed, and I'm glad that I'm blessed.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.

You have to kind of roll with the punches. That's why I think work begets work to a certain degree. I just try and keep busy.

Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.

I believe it doesn't really matter where you work as long as you work. Keep sharpening your teeth.

Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.

To me, all those jobs I did [roles] have been amazing experiences for one reason or another. I got paid and I learned something. I think that's what helped me carry on because I've never really given out that energy of, "oh, I've lost my chance" or missed it in some way.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

I didn't come from the worst of situations, and I didn't come into the best of situations. But I've appreciated the best situations. And I've made the best of the worst situations. I'm lucky to be where I am.

There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.

Just practice hard and stay grounded. Treat people like you want to be treated and work hard.

As long as I'm working, I'm happy. You see my face - great. You don't see my face - too bad, I don't care. I'll keep going.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

Going through all of this physical stuff, it's been a tough job. But I've loved every second of my life.

Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all-in. In my most trying moments with managers I liked the least, I did not give up, complain, or slack off.

I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working.

You've got to be able to take the bad events with the good ones. You've got to learn to deal with them and learn to take as much as you can from those. Have fun and put as much as you can into it. As long as you've done your best, that's all you can do.

I'm very grateful for the way things have panned out. If I hadn't had a struggle at the start, I wouldn't be able to appreciate every single day in this job. Whether you love or hate a job, you can't waste the chance to do something with it.

I take each thing as it comes and try and give it 110 per cent - it's just a blessing to be able to do different things.