Jules Feiffer Quotes

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.

I get up every day and work, regardless of if I have a job or not.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

There are days I'm feeling lazy, and my mom will remind me, 'Beyonce also only has 24 hours during the day.' That always keeps me going.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and feel like going straight back to bed. But I still have to get up and work, and I still have to take advantage of the chances I've been given in life.

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

I was a hard worker.

I know only one way: work hard.

Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.

Everybody has a job to do, and you just know that every day you have to do what it takes to get there. Of course, everybody has those days where you don't feel like doing it. I'm just like anybody else in that respect. But there's a difference between not feeling like doing it and not doing it period.

I worked every night, and I'd go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

I can't tell you exactly why my work ethic is the way that it is, but I know that I will always work harder than anyone else I know.

You've got to have the same attitude each day. You've got to show up to work.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.