Quotes about Hours of Work

Seconds of focused pleasureable visualization is stronger than 2000 hours of working to obtain a goal Votes: 4

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. Votes: 4

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. Votes: 4

The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success. Votes: 3

Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day! Votes: 3

[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. Votes: 3

So long as there is one [person] who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long. Votes: 3

VisiCalc took 20 hours of work per week for some people and turned it out in 15 minutes and let them become much more creative. Votes: 3

This is the first great problem of modern democracy...how to get a fair living by reasonable hours of work leaving enough leisure for both childhood and manhood. Votes: 3

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously. Votes: 3

With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capita product means a high rate of increase in product per worker; and, with average hours of work declining, it means still higher growth rates in product per man-hour. Votes: 3

The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time - to push back on our hours of work. We need to form a new alliance between feminist groups, labor unions, child advocates, progressive corporations, and the federal government insofar as it's willing to pursue a family-friendly agenda. Votes: 3

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime. Votes: 3

I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am. Votes: 3

Every hour of useful work is precious. Votes: 2

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work. Votes: 2

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Votes: 2

If I'm going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness! Votes: 2

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it. Votes: 2

Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none. Votes: 2

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work. Votes: 2

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Votes: 2

I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding. Votes: 2

Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience. Votes: 2

The European style of living is seductive: fewer hours worked, more hours at the cafe, less concern over self-betterment. But that style of living does not produce a purposeful life. Votes: 2

Through years of secret work, scientific and basic ground work was laid, in order to be ready again to work the German Armed Forces at the appointed hour, without loss of time or experience. Votes: 2

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work. Votes: 2

I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk. I can't work for extended periods when I'm beginning something. But if I'm at the end of something, I can work on for hours and hours and hours. Votes: 2

You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired. Votes: 2

When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break. Votes: 2

How much is an hour of your time worth? It's worth whatever wage you would get if you spent that hour working. If you work for an hourly rate, this is an easy calculation. Even if you work for a salary and a fixed number of hours, the principle is the same: It's whatever your salary works out to per hour. Votes: 2

Four hours of makeup, and then an hour to take it off. It's tiring. I go in, I get picked up at two-thirty in the morning, I get there at three. I wait four hours, go through it, ready to work at seven, work all day long for twelve hours, and get it taken off for an hours, go home and go to sleep, and do the same thing again. Votes: 2

Think 8 hours, work 2 hours. Votes: 0

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day. Votes: 0

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day, Votes: 0

Hours of research can cut months of field work. Votes: 0

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work. Votes: 0

Within the 24 hours, make some time for your own work. Votes: 0

By 1960 work will be limited to three hours a day. Votes: 0

I work out two, two and a half hours a day. Votes: 0

I work hard. I work 80-90 hours a week in part-time football. Votes: 0

I can work 24 hours a day and not have it bother me. Votes: 0

Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day. Votes: 0

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours. Votes: 0

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important. Votes: 0

Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, and eight hours recreation - Brigham Young Votes: 0

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport. Votes: 0

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky. Votes: 0

Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done. Votes: 0

Modeling gave me a strong discipline of professionalism where you work very long hours. Votes: 0

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week. Votes: 0

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Votes: 0

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours. Votes: 0

I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working. Votes: 0

Be temperate in your work, but don't carry the patience over into your leisure hours. Votes: 0

People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week. Votes: 0

I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day. Votes: 0

I can't imagine saying the same joke for three hours. I don't know how that would work. Votes: 0

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you. Votes: 0

My idea of a good work-out is two hours spent worrying about the bags under my eyes. Votes: 0

I work so hard and so many hours, and I've done that for years and years and years. Votes: 0

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one. Votes: 0

Work only a half a day. It makes no difference which half-the first 12 hours or the last 12 hours. Votes: 0

I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' fan. Votes: 0

In the film industry you work very long hours, and making a film is a very intense process. Votes: 0

I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off. Votes: 0

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours. Votes: 0

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together. Votes: 0

If you really want to get good at anything, you've got to work at it for ten thousand hours. Votes: 0

It takes a certain kind of man willing to work long, grueling hours in a career offering few rewards. Votes: 0

It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. Votes: 0

I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m. Votes: 0

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. Votes: 0

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance Votes: 0

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. Votes: 0

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment. Votes: 0

I like to work half a day. I don't care if it is the first 12 hours or the second 12 hours. Votes: 0

Sometimes you work all the way through to 5am, then get a few hours and you're back on set again. Votes: 0

I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do. Votes: 0

I can be drunk until 6 in the morning, and then I don't have to show up to work until 14 hours later. Votes: 0

I used to work for 12 or 14 hours at a time but the digital age has made such happy immersions almost impossible. Votes: 0

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering. Votes: 0

Nobody realizes that I work 18 hours-a-day for a solid month to make that TV hour look like it's never been rehearsed! Votes: 0

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play. Votes: 0

I need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing. Votes: 0

Now that I have seen the device work for so many hours, in my view all chemical energy sources are excluded Votes: 0

You can't work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn't work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality! Votes: 0

I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow. Votes: 0

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love? Votes: 0

Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets. Votes: 0

I was an excellent student before I left school. But I graduated early so that I could work longer hours on '90210. Votes: 0

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. Votes: 0

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. Votes: 0

You finish a job and it's very emotional because you're working crazy long hours, and your work family is like a real family. Votes: 0

I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family. Votes: 0

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours. Votes: 0

They also work as half-hours. The stories are all different but include elements of revenge, or the supernatural, or some sort of surprise. Votes: 0

You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily. Votes: 0

I worked in Toronto for two days. And by work I mean sit in a trailer for 15 hours, say two lines, and leave. Votes: 0

I was an excellent student before I left school. But I graduated early so that I could work longer hours on '90210.' Votes: 0

You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work. Votes: 0

I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it. Votes: 0

So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn’t complain. It was normal. Votes: 0

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable. Votes: 0

My theory is that when you're young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world. Votes: 0

There's this idea that everybody has to have everything right away... I wasn't the superstar. I had to work really long hours for it. Votes: 0

When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience. Votes: 0

I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For 'Immortals,' it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio. Votes: 0

Golden hours of vision come to us in this present life, when we are at our best, and our faculties work together in harmony. Votes: 0

I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day. Votes: 0

I treasure my mornings. I get up early and ignore everything work-related for the first few hours. It's just me and my coffee addiction. Votes: 0

As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week. Votes: 0

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three. Votes: 0

People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause! Votes: 0

Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time. Votes: 0

Many people want to scale back their working hours as they near the end of their careers, but not necessarily to give up work altogether. Votes: 0

I try to work out daily in the morning hours. This drives up energy levels dramatically. You'll feel more inspired. And you'll need less sleep. Votes: 0

Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery. Votes: 0

When I was writing Caramelo the last couple of years, a sixty-hour work week was normal. And now I'm lucky if I have eight hours. Votes: 0

I work at my life and I cultivate myself and don't spend six hours in a gym. Some people would say I should but why? Votes: 0

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession. Votes: 0

He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks.... Votes: 0

A life spent waiting for your paycheck, measured out in work hours...A lifetime spent buying everything retail while selling oneself wholesale - L'amour Existe (1960) Votes: 0

Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work. Votes: 0

If wars are eliminated and production is organized scientifically, it is probable that four hours' work a day will suffice to keep everybody in comfort" Votes: 0

I wrote 'Sophie's World' in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when I'm working on a book. Votes: 0

My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy. Votes: 0

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money. Votes: 0

I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book. Votes: 0

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it. Votes: 0

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day. Votes: 0

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night. Votes: 0

My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep. Votes: 0

Easy is not a option..No days off..Never Quit..Be Fearless..Talent you have Naturally..Skill is only developed by hours and hours of Work Votes: 0

When I rest, I rest and when I work, I work hard and sometimes for long hours. I always try to be rested when I work... Votes: 0

A focused Mind is a result Of a little Effort To tell Your Distractions To sleep for A couple of hours While you are at WORK. Votes: 0

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time. Votes: 0

NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic. Votes: 0

Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology. Votes: 0

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of. Votes: 0

Most important, for openers, work six hours a day, seven days a week for six years. Then if you like it you can get serious about it. Votes: 0

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in. Votes: 0

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days. Votes: 0

Grey's Anatomy,' that was a great show to be part of, but they work really long hours. They were all just really tired. Just worn out. Votes: 0

Most of the time, the creative part is like playing in a sandbox. I can sit here and work for 12 hours and not get tired of it. Votes: 0

I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It's like comedy bankers' hours. Votes: 0

There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise. Votes: 0

I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work. Votes: 0

Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk factors that increase their odds of dropping out of school. Votes: 0

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job! Votes: 0

Its tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost. Votes: 0

It's tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost. Votes: 0

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours. Votes: 0

Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact, many work long hours at backbreaking jobs. Votes: 0

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned. Votes: 0

If you work outdoors be passive, go with the weather. This may mean two hours sheltering from a downpour, followed by a wonderful burst of sunlight and a rainbow. Votes: 0

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure. Votes: 0

My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky. Votes: 0

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand. Votes: 0

My life honestly isn't as weird as people think it is. I work longer hours, maybe I have a bit more money, but fundamentally, I'm not really that different. Votes: 0

after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer. Votes: 0

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work. Votes: 0

Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he? Votes: 0

The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us. Votes: 0

I work in fashion because the world is such a heavy place that I need to be in this industry that fights for five hours to get a dress. Votes: 0

We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn't designed to work. But it's fun. Votes: 0

Once I came to acting, it was almost a thing where there weren't enough hours in the day to work on stuff because I was so passionate about it. Votes: 0

Imagine working 20% smarter instead of 20% longer...Work-life balance and startup success at any stage aren't mutually exclusive. There are enough hours in the day to be effective and present. Votes: 0