Ngaio Marsh Quotes

I would never not work.

We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world

Writing's not precious to me. It's not a thing that requires specific environment. You know, it's my job. Just like anybody with a job, you have to do your job when you don't feel like it, regardless of how good or bad the conditions are, regardless of how good or bad you might feel on any particular day.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.

When I do a job, I do it 100 percent. I am so grateful for the chance to do what I do.

What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'

When a job, whether it is generally regarded as important or not, falls to my lot to do....it assumes importance immediately as far as I am concerned. I cannot rest until it is completed…whatever service I have succeeded in rendering to the nation is due, mainly, to this attitude and outlook of mine with regard to work

My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I've done and the amount of commitment I've given to it. That makes me proud.

If you like your job, I suppose you enjoy working hard.

I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.

If loving your job qualifies you as a workaholic, then yes, I am one for sure!

People who love what they do get after it every day.

I actually really enjoy work ethic.

I go about doing my work passionately.

Inspiration is for amateurs.

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

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

There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Whatever it is, you have to show up for the job, and power through.

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job