Anthony Trollope Quotes

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

I only really work when I want to.

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

I always find something to keep me busy.

I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.

There's always something that I will always find to do, because I just enjoy working so much. There's always something on the horizon; it really comes down to scheduling and making it all happen.

At my ashram, people work long hours joyfully because they are inspired. When people are involved and joyfully doing something, they usually turn out ten times more and do more than what they would normally do as a duty.

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Doing something does not require discipline. It creates its own discipline - with a little help from caffeine.

It can be hard to find time sometimes, but it's all about motivating yourself. I do whatever I can whenever I can.

Many people, especially women, never experience boredom because they have never learned to work properly.

Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.

I guess I should be more ambitious about practicing, but when I'm out on the road, that's about all I do.

The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

I feel more productive, mostly because I feel like my ass is on the line. Before I had kids, I would sit around, drink, I don't even know what I did with myself.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.